Well this Thursday happened three four weeks ago now – but by no means is it forgotten. One of those Thursdays which re-invigorates you to finish the rest of the week with real gusto. Still thinking about Altruistic leadership traits which include relentless curiosity; a deep sense of personal purpose; a burning need to connect and collaborate and humility – and for the most part these all resonate well with me as intrinsic parts of my self-reflection anyway but I find myself drawn to thinking about how I can keep this front and centre in my world.
I start officially my day at a Gartner Agile SuperHero masterclass. It was refreshing to hear the core principles of a scrum team and how to empower them. It always amazes me, how we know the principles yet we can get caught up in “that’s just how we do things”. My main takeaway was actually nothing to do with Agile, but on a personal reflection what resonated with me was the humility and acceptance and willingness to change and adapt (and change previous opinions). [Ref: Benjamin Franklin: “…I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.”
Thursday followed on to be a day of deep self-reflection and somehow a new purpose that all the gremlins in me which eat away at me such as being time poor with my children, or being short with them, or not seeing progress at work – are all things that are in my power to change. And tomorrow I’ll be sure to tackle them. Until then.
The Board Mum 