Change of Perspectives

“Everything depends on how you look at it.”
New series about Crosscultural Communication

If we cooperate across cultures, the ability to change perspectives is fundamental to our success.

Lesson 1

Change of Perspectives von petra hh

Patterns direct Perception.

What did you perceive on this postcard first?

• text or fotos?
• a mosaic of fotos  – or an exact number?
• a single colour red- blue- white or the set?
• single pictures or a cluster of ships / figures?
• ….?

Most of us perceive what is known and/or meaningful to us. Our perception is selective. What is meaningful to us and how we select is shaped by our values and what modern science calls Thinking Pattern. And thinking patterns filter our attention. All this happens on the micro-level and in seconds.

You can be sure, it is not the same that your collegue, your children or even your partner perceive first – it is individual.

But if we look from a different angle, let’s say somebody who comes to Hamburg first or somebody who lives in a tropic jungle without speaking English – what might they perceive first? We will encounter culture

Challenge 1: Consciously change your perception filter

I’ll take the art of changing perspectives – photography- as a means to visualise what usually happens only inside our brain. During the following weeks you’ll find different perspectives on this blog, or more exact thinking preferences, illustrated by the photos on this postcard. Stay tuned. Or even better: activate your RSS-Feed.

Petra Sorge dos Santos, CL!C