Life 2.0 “ …everything is a miracle”
The project is signed off and the next deliverable is in planning. So what?
In Life 2.0 “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” we explored the notion of “But what to do if you have to go fast and far?”
An important KPI for the company but where does that leave the team?
Giorgio Agamben, in the book The Adventure, points out a common thread among great literary adventures from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance - the goal of finding that magical sword, or the secret treasure, is never the real concern of the stories.
The heart of the story is instead how the heroes gain new senses of themselves as they journey to reach the goal. The thing, the goal, is simply used to reawaken the wonder, courage, and resilience it takes to be fully present in the face of all that is hostile and indifferent.
Agamben also suggests that the adventure as a literary form was intentionally marginalized by Christendom during the Middle Ages. Stories that promoted the excitement and pleasure of people thinking and judging for themselves to make sense of what is challenging and unpredictable did not conform to an expanding religious empire that depended on obedience for its growth and prosperity.
Wow! Sounds a lot like modern corporate life
How do we change the heart of the modern corporate story to give the team (our heroes) a new sense of themselves as they journey to reach the corporate goals?
How do we tweak the goal to reawaken the wonder, courage, and resilience it takes to be fully present in the face of all that is hostile and indifferent?
How do we promote the excitement and pleasure of people thinking and judging for themselves to make sense of what is challenging and unpredictable?
Albert Einstein once said, “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
The Photo
On day 3 of our Aug ‘16 Tour du Mont Blanc hike mother nature decided to brighten our day with an unexpected Lenticular cloud in the shape of an eagle. It stayed there for a few minute and then like Icarus got burned by the morning sun.
MD/SVP - Wings Global Travel (South Africa)
4 年The 1st industrial revolution introduced the assembly line as a manufacturing construct. The person at the start of the line had little context of the end product and their role, and could seldom afford to consume the final product. While within the 4th industrial revolution the concepts of squads, agile and SAFE are designed to make all a part of the process, I still often feel that we’re perpetuating the production line, albeit digital. Product hands over to IT, IT builds and hands over to marketing, marketing hands over to sales. We must find ways to include IT in marketing, “business” in dev, and finance in customer experience. And let’s find ways for all to enjoy the end product.