Month: February 2018

Put on your mask before…

This typical airline instruction is for emergency situations. It’s smart advice for emergencies. And intended for EMERGENCIES.

Just about every situation in our life will not be an emergency.

However we apply this idea to just about every part of our lives.

You have more to give than you even realize.

When we sense ourselves resting on the airline cliche, we must assess if it’s an emergency (hint: if we have time to assess it likely not an emergency). If not then we ought to remember we have more to give than we even know.

Act with generosity. Live as an offering. Lead.

“Learning” rather than “Proof of Concept”

When we innovate, pilot, try out something we are better off seeing it as an opportunity to learn rather than a proof of concept.

Even the best of us will sway a test towards success, if we view it as a proof of concept, especially if our reputation, a promotion, etc. is on the line.

Instead, seeing a new trial as a learning opportunity opens the door for the final product to be holistically better than the test. We do not try to fit the test into the actual but instead use the test to more accurately understand the actual.

P.S. I know a proof of concept is often needed but only after pilot or tests are completed and the product is refined thoroughly…