Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and the importance of our attention, why is that? Because ‘let us remember this again, ‘What we give our Attention to matters.’ Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices. And that is our endavour. This week again I bring to your attention an excerpt which we have titled – Complexity & Responsibility from the book titled ‘Willful Blindness’ – Why we Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan. This book tries to understand, why after every major accident and blunder, do we look back and say how could we have been so blind? Why do some people see what others don’t? And how can we change? Drawing on studies by psychologists and neuroscientists, and interviews with business leaders, whistleblowers, and white-collar criminals, businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of willful blindness, exploring the reasons that individuals and groups are blind to impending personal tragedies, corporate collapses, engineering failures even crimes against humanity. Complexity & Responsibility The sheer complexity of many decisions makes blindness all the more tempting. Can’t these things be simplified? Can’t we leave it to the experts? “The banking world became very siloed in part because it all looked so complicated and geeky and boring,” says Gillian Tett, one of the few journalists who was willing to work through banking’s complexity to see what was going on. “But there are lots of issues that are like global warming and poverty and science and these are really going to affect our lives! We can’t afford to delegate knowledge of these things to experts because that’s how those silos get built. And it is not just in businesses but in our lives, in our society.” Excerpt from ‘Willful Blindness’ by Margaret Heffernan I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link: https://www.mheffernan.com/book-wilfulblindness.php Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s. Namaste! a class="a2a_button_pinterest" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fqsconsultants.in%2Fblog%2Fcomplexity-responsibility%2F&linkname=Complexity%20%26%20Responsibili...