Create a Dream by Harnessing Dynamic Tension || TED* Works - August 16, 2013
By David Emerald & Donna Zajonc, PCC
August 30, 2013
Create a Dream by Harnessing Dynamic
Tension
As Creators, our dreams often take time. This week
marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings "I Have
a Dream" speech. (We encourage the reading of the text of
the entire speech, by clicking here.)
The way that you create anything is by harnessing Dynamic
Tension (which Robert Fritz describes as "structural tension")
and involves three steps:
1. Focus on the envisioned Outcome in which you
describe what you want to create (a theme we have
written a lot about over the past several weeks). MLK
does a masterful job of describing the vision (it is, in
fact, the one aspect of the speech it is most famous
for):
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up
and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold
these truths to be self-evident: that all men are
created equal...'
I have a dream that my four little children will one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their
character."
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2. Assess Current Reality by telling the truth about
where you are in relation to the envisioned outcome.
In his speech, MLK often interweaves descriptions of
current reality in the same sentence as aspects of his
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dream. However, at the very beginning of the speech,
after
having
referenced
the
Emancipation
Proclamation and its promise of freedom from slavery
in the U.S., he tells the truth about current reality:
"But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not
free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is
still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and
the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later,
the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the
midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One
hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in
the corners of American society and finds himself an
exile in his own land. So we have come here today to
dramatize a shameful condition"
He has now set up the "dynamic tension" between
what he wants and the current reality. His masterful
ability to do this is why many say this is one of the
greatest speeches of all time.
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3. Commit to Baby Steps that begin to move you from
your Current Reality toward the Outcome.
The call to action in MLK's speech is more general
than specific because what needed to happen in
different states and cities at the time were particular
to the local circumstances.
"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back
to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to
Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our
northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation
can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the
valley of despair...
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high
plane of dignity and discipline... Again and again we
must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical
force with soul force."
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While you may not have the presence and oratory power of
a Martin Luther King, Jr., you can use and harness Dynamic
Tension to communicate and inspire others by speaking to
what you want (Vision/Outcome); where you are (Current
Reality); and what's next (Baby Steps).
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