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Fighting with DemonsThe Dark Side of Human Nature

Geoff Trickey

• Human nature clearly has a „dark side‟

• CWBs are the „tip of this ice burg‟

• Our personal demons

• The Triarchic Model illustrates the crucial role of the „dark side‟ in Human Nature

The Triarchic Model

Self Awareness

Who needs a model?

Three reasons why:

1) Exciting developments in Human Nature

2) Models are a ‟good thing‟

3) Utility

1. The Human Nature Debate

• Philosophy (Stove/ Midgely)

• Biology & Socio-biology (Darwin/ Dawkins)

• Anthropology (C.Bohem/ R.Boyde)

• The genome (M. Ridley)

• Brain Science (VilayanurRamachandran)

• Psychology & Evolutionary Psychology (Buss)

• Environmental Science (P.J.Richerson)

• Personality Psychology (R.&J.Hogan)

2. Models are a „good thing‟

• Models are one of the principal instruments

of modern science Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Models can be used to dissect the logic of

complex systems‟

• Good models produce diamond-clear

deductive insights Richerson&Boyde –‟Not by Genes Alone’

For example……….

……..the billiard ball model of a gas, the Bohr model of the atom, the MIT bag modelof the nucleon, the Gaussian-chain modelof a polymer, the Lorenz model of the atmosphere, the Lotka-Volterramodel of predator-prey interaction, the double helix modelof DNA, the agent-based and evolutionary models in the social sciences, or general equilibrium models of markets in their respective domains………

3. Utility

• Coaching without a model is like repairing a computer without knowing its architecture

• But everyone has an implicit model

• And some have an explicit model

• A framework – accommodating but notdogmatic

Roots of behaviour(Plan 1 - rivalry)

Behaviour& Personality

Nature Nurture

Roots of behaviour(Plan 2 - collaboration)

Behaviour& Personality

Nature Nurture

The Triarchic Model

Nature/GenotypeOn-arrival survival kit – attachment/

seeking nurturance

FFM/PhenotypePassion, Forcefulness, Friendliness, Prudence, Curiosi

ty

Nurture/CultureLanguage, Identity, Values, Reaso

ning, Beliefs, Knowledge, Skills

In the “black bag”

• Your „on arrival‟ survival kit

• 100% Nature

• All temperament and no values

• Drives, desires, needs & passions

• Nurtured by culturalisation& maturation

• Basis for our cultural &behavioural history

The Triarchic Model

Nature/GenotypeOn-arrival survival kit – attachment/

seeking nurturance

FFM/PhenotypePassion, Forcefulness, Friendliness, Prudence,

Curiosity

Nurture/CultureLanguage, Identity, Values, Reaso

ning, Beliefs, Knowledge, Skills

Nurture (the white bag)

• Language

• Identity

• Values

• Culture

• Beliefs

• Knowledge

• Skills & technology

The Triarchic Model

Nature/GenotypeOn-arrival survival kit – attachment/

seeking nurturance

FFM/PhenotypePassion, Forcefulness, Friendliness, Prudence,

Curiosity

Nurture/CultureLanguage, Identity, Values, Reaso

ning, Beliefs, Knowledge, Skills

Phenotype (the grey bag)

• The end product

• Consensus about personality - FFM

• The vocabulary of people descriptions

• You - from an observers perspective

• The consistent core of your persona– Passion

– Extraversion

– Agreeability

– Prudence

– Curiosity

The Triarchic Model

Nature/GenotypeOn-arrival survival kit – attachment/

seeking nurturance

FFM/PhenotypePassion, Forcefulness, Friendliness, Prudence, Curiosi

ty

Nurture/CultureLanguage, Identity, Values, Reaso

ning, Beliefs, Knowledge, Skills

The dark side

• “Black bag” elements that are hard to tame

• These are what make you distinctively you

• They power your success

• They are liable to get away from you

• Lightening strikes

• A strength becomes a weakness

The Triarchic Model

Nature/GenotypeOn-arrival survival kit – attachment/

seeking nurturance

FFM/PhenotypePassion, Forcefulness, Friendliness, Prudence, Curiosi

ty

Nurture/CultureLanguage, Identity, Values, Reaso

ning, Beliefs, Knowledge, Skills

The measurement perspective

FFM – (HPI)

Demons – (HDS) Values – (MVPI)

The Coaching Perspective

Current issues

Basic

Temperament

(Manageable)

Values

Attitudes

Principles

(Changeable)

Self Awareness

The Coaching Perspective

Self Awareness

Utility

• Conceptual clarification

• Coherent coaching framework

• Opportunities to analyse, quantify, learn

• Teasing out Nature and Nurture

• Matching strategies to realities

• What canand cannot be changed

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