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Social Sharing block
The first day of the conference was over, and most of us congregated for happy hour, relaxing, networking, and furthering our connections. We reminisced about the day, commenting about the good, the bad, and the ugly: events at work, travel, organizational policies, you name it.
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Interestingly, the conversation turned to the conference speakers and the new knowledge and great ideas we’d heard and planned to take back to our workplaces. The general feeling was that attending the conference was definitely worthwhile.
However—and there is always a however—a common concern was that although the ideas were terrific, and we all wanted to implement them at our workplaces, everyone was either “running to meet their sliding deadlines” or intent on moving to the next project lest it fall behind. When would we have time to turn these ideas into reality?
Sadly, this is nothing new. When do folks get to really sit down and think through complex problems to not only get to the root cause but also find real solutions? This is something that stresses people out.
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Thinking Fridays
Great artcile, Akhilesh. Thinking Fridays are a powerful behaviour driven innovation technique. I remember at our work place when COVID hit and everything went digital, initially it was fun to be at home all the time blurring the lines between home and work, but eventually the work took over with people started to work early in the mornings and in the evenings. Basically with one too many meetings. The hallway, kitchen conversation type things now converted into meetings. With "I am always busy" mode there is no thinking time, it was always pushing the envelope mentality. Eventually, we instituted a no meeting Friday to allow everyone a breather from back to back meetings and to provide thinking space for innovation and improvements. Subtle but very intentional and thoughtful behaviour changing technique which worked really well.
This article is something to think about
Stopping to read this article is a good reminder that we need to sit back and take a break to reflect on what we're actually doing. As a consultant, I notice a lot of my clients use me as an opportunity to reflect on their business activities and think through strategy. They don't have a lot of time to think about the strategy of marketing or try to understand their targe markets.
Building a reflection time into your schedule forces you to not just do things, but to do them with forethought.
Thanks for the reminder, Akhilesh!
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