I have been working with my team on a particularly difficult problem. We were assigned this challenge in the latter part of 2019. We devised a strategy and sought to investigate the extent of it. We discovered it was really not a matter that we could fix, although we all had high aspirations of doing just that, actually I cannot speak for my team members, I know I did. What we learned was how to work alongside one another more collaboratively, we shared aspects of our lives that had we not had these additional focused spaces to engage with one another and consult, we may never have discovered. We have been on a rollercoaster ride of emotions alongside the trajectory of this problem. It has led us through ups and downs. We have witnessed aspects of our community reality we would desperately like to see change and we have unearthed very valuable features of community interaction that need to take more of a prominent role. I had a breakthrough in my own thinking about this matter recently after some pretty tough interaction that I did not see coming in my direction. I took a bold step to explore this more with a person I perceived contended with my views and together we were able to understand each other's perspective, reveal more of who we are as people to one another and co-create strategies that may assist in bringing new tools and fresh ideas to the outstanding matter. The process of opening up to see things differently was painful for me, but had I not taken the courage to do so, I would have not discovered this whole new vista of possibilities. I had to push through my own comfortable thoughts and regular way of doing things - tame my saboteurs who were desperately trying to protect my feelings - to reveal something new, something beautiful and something that only the clash of ideas may uncover.
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