Category: This is all a test

…and working forward.

Realizing I didn’t really understand what was actually happening in the world, I stopped and looked around.

I listened, read, and changed routine.

Reorganized my value chain of people to better reflect where I’m going, not where I’ve been.

Looked at who I’d like to work with and what I’d like to work on instead of who wants me for what they want. There’s a balance necessary here which only becomes apparent when one stops, looks, and listens.

Maybe country singer Patsy Cline was on to something when she released, ‘Stop, Look, and Listen’ in 1956.

Well, I know a cool cat from way downtown
He’s been boppin’ all around
In this ole world he’s livin’ fast
Someday I’m afraid he’s gonna run outta gas
So if you’re travelin’ that way, too
I tell you, friend, what you better do

Ya gotta stop, look and listen
Hey, ya don’t know what you’re missin’

PS: This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and forward learning.

…might be a good time to take a closer look at how one has things set up when they’re not running smoothly.

When things are running smoothly, we take it all in stride, often taking responsibility for things running smoothly.

When things aren’t running smoothly, we declare that there are problems or obstacles in the way of things running smoothly and find difficulty in taking it all in stride.

This seems to be two sides of a single coin except we have accepted things running smoothly and taken responsibility for them, while rejecting things not running smoothly, the other side of our work/life coin, and not taking responsibility for them.

Making room and providing space for things not running smoothly, and taking responsibility for them, gives us a way to always take life in stride, no matter what side of our work/life coin shows up because we’re never going to get rid of things possibly not running smoothly.

PS: This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and forward learning.

…seems to be on the mind of the Websphere as of late. DEI, at the moment, is the predominant platform on which the concept of diversity has surfaced and is discussed. This is often referred to and centred around what is called visible or demographic diversity.

A team consisting of this commonly considered diversity, while important on numerous levels, may not be the total scorecard though from an innovative solution standpoint.

A visibly/demographically diverse group of people coming from the same or similar backgrounds, educations, and work experiences could lead to what Shane Parrish termed ‘The Stormtrooper Problem,’ where everyone working on a problem thinks about it in the same way, and therefore may not rise to an innovative solution level.

The visible/demographically diverse group of people, all from an Ivy League Executive MBA program and growing up in a Western society, may have a greater challenge finding innovative and alternative solutions as compared to a similarly diverse group made up of engineers, physicists, artists, and lawyers from different countries and societies across the globe.

Adding team members from, not just adjacent, but totally different societies, disciplines, work, life, and education experiences can add a measure of depth and creative problem-solving to the already understood value of a visible and demographically diverse group.

PS: This blog post was thought of and written by me, no AI here, and is a mosaic of my experience, reading, and forward learning.