The Art of Cooperative Intelligence Article Series (Art 7): The Cooperative Disciplines Model-Tolerance and Neutrality

Building on the importance of having discipline in the practice of mutual respect, "tolerance" has been the pinnacle of societal vision for unity. The problem is that tolerance simple means to allow existence in some degree. Tolerance does not mean that an expectation of fairness and equality exists and is sustained.

The main purpose of Cooperative Performance Science (CPS) and its methods is to establish a standardized, transferable , and evolving cooperative intelligence that positions humanity to be in the same play book, on the same page, looking at the same play, and interrupting that play in the same way using the same language. Tolerance alone is not sufficient for a societal standard for which to base behavior.

Neutrality on the other hand does in fact provide a clear understanding of expectation. Neutrality establishes an expectation that behavior results in fair and equal treatment of all thus outcomes are fair and equal. Cooperative Performance Science focuses heavily on cooperative outcomes. Regardless if concepts like cooperation are vague, vast, and complex; we are not really interested in cooperation per say. We are interested in the outcomes that are produced through cooperation based environments and activities. We are less interested in leadership, teamwork, and or communication than we are in the outcomes that can be achieved through them. We are interested in Cooperative Performance. This reverse analysis and transitioning cooperation into a performance driven concept is central to cooperative performance science design and methodology.

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