Take your team outside and stand in a circle. Then ask everyone to take a photo and share the photos. Every photo will be different.
A Simple Exercise on Perspective
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From the Blog on perspective
Floating Rocks and Perspective
Perspective. Empathy. These are critical skills for the change maker. And for those she is trying to influence. It will take more than one try.
More than one time
We read a book, learn from it and then put it on the shelf for a while. And then we pick it up again. But we have changed in time between readings.
The Long Arc Perspective
Distance provides a different perspective to up close. Up close may look like nothing, but from a distance our work contributes to someone else’s view.
Where’d the blue go?
Our experience of life, of change is framed by our worldview. As we seek to bring about change in organisations, we need to ‘see’ what others do.
Everything’s Chewable Now
Hearing and listening to the new or different perspective can be challenging. And yet it is the most important skill we can develop in ourselves and our teams.
Wrong Incentives can come from Good Intentions
Stories can bring different perspectives to life. We can have good intentions, but stories can help us see how they create the wrong incentives.
Risk Perception and Appetite
A specialised, focused organisation takes risks large, more generalist organisations don’t. Fear of infecting the brand globally lowers the risk appetite.
It’s a no brainer
It my feel like a ‘no-brainer’ to us because of the journey we have already been on, but maybe if they feel heard, they, too, will hear a different story.