**December 18, 2024** #### #### Listen at [Transistor](https://share.transistor.fm/s/d0603724) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/3DBRCVFep0YbYeLPcVVXQv) [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/essential-dynamics-with-derek-hudson/id1542392917) [Podcast Addict](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/essential-dynamics-with-derek-hudson/3153944) #### Summary This episode is dedicated to the memory of Jared Bateman. Derek and his daughter Lisha discuss some of the wisdom Jared has shared. Dave and Derek discuss the key learnings of Season Four. ![[LOVEneverDIES 2.png]] #### Concepts - [[Focus on improving the process rather than on achieving the outcome]] - [[Intrinsic Motivation]] - [[Management Attention]] - [[People]] - [[Theory of Constraints]] #### Quotes >I think it's a really important reminder to all of us that we have no idea what the people around us are experiencing every day; what they're carrying every day. Every interaction we have might be with someone who's having their hardest week. And so I think it's an important thing for us to carry through to really have that empathy and grace and forgiveness of people around us. And just assume that we don't always know what someone's experiencing, even when we might think that we know them well. >If you want to live with no regrets, it's really quite simple. All you need to do is make the best decisions you can with the information you have. That way, you may wish for a different outcome, but you can always be satisfied with your process and effort. >If you don't recognize something as a system problem, then you don't have open to you the idea that you would use a system approach to come up with a solution. >Essential Dynamics and this podcast have two things to offer in that regard. One is you have to think of it as a system. And two is, here's a way to think about a system. Essential Dynamics is pretty simple and it's pretty accessible. It's not everything you need to understand complex systems, but I think our point is you better get started understanding a complex system. So let's give you a simple tool with which to start. >There's an entire consulting industry and academic line of thinking around the Theory of Constraints, which starts with the assumption that we have flow and it's being blocked by constraint. And there's a lot of good stuff there, but I have to ask, where's the corresponding Theory of Drivers? #### See also - [Jared Bateman's Website](https://jaredbateman.ca/) - [[Episode 54 Essential Dynamics Christmas Special]] - [[Episode 95 You Better Build a Birdhouse]] - C. Terry Warner, [Bonds that Make Us Free](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310194.Bonds_That_Make_Us_Free) - Daniel H. Pink, [Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310194.Bonds_That_Make_Us_Free) %%[[Episode 108 Season Four Recap - Dedicated to the Memory of Jared Bateman - Notes]]