DIRECTION > SPEED
Recently I was working with a leader who knew their approach was tiring. The team hadn’t been producing good work for some time, and morale was flagging.
They knew they needed more than just fresh ideas, they needed a fresh approach to ideas.
As we began to look through their form and function, we were presented with a surprising amount of opportunities to move things ahead. A nice surprise. We began to suggest different areas where their processes were failing them. Nothing earth shattering, but some simple alignments that would at least point them towards the change they’re looking for. It wasn't too long, however, until the real issue emerged.
At every turn, there was a variation on what would become a familiar theme …
‘Oh we can’t change that…
‘Ah, we’ve always done it that way …
‘Well see, the reason we do this is ….’ ...
DIRECTION > SPEED
So much of life’s focus is geared toward speed. An obsession with the instant. Our culture and rapidly changing environment has put the onus on how quickly things are happening. Built around a combination of 24hr news cycles, social channels, the thirst for fresh content, the ubiquity of novelty; the very internetification of things … we glorify speed and seek out what’s NEW more than ever before.
We experience it ourselves constantly … A 2-day old meme is quickly scrolled past, a groundbreaking news report barely registers a blip on the radar of our attention, because another one is coming in fast with a hot take from a pundit right behind it.
Our dopamine addiction has turned us into little human microwaves – causing us to hunger after what’s instant rather than what’s actually healthy.
When we concentrate on velocity over trajectory, we do it at our peril.
Especially for those of us seen...
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