Walking behind, for some Hunter-Gatherer nomads, show a very different understanding of what leadership is
In the industrialized world the leader, instructor or expert normally walks in front to lead and to “show the Way” , but in some ancient nomad tribes this is reversed: The children walks in the front, to learn by doing, and to make it possible for the more experienced to be able to watch and guide them better – and also, to make sure the young and in-experienced members of the community will not get lost somewhere behind.
How different from the “boss/expert/leader in the front” logic that rules the world now…
Illustration keywords: walking, nomads, leadership, society, community, education, teaching, management, group-dynamics, family, hiking, instruction
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