As SmarterWisdom Consulting celebrates its first birthday—during the entire month of January—we have been reminiscing about what we learned during twelve extraordinary months. The good news is that exceptional experiences--and 2020 was, if nothing else, an exceptional year—can lead to great learning! As we speed away into the new year, we want to build on these insights that have inspired us.
Read MoreOpportunities for professional growth are abundant these days; how many invitations are you seeing in your in-box daily: webinars, seminars, Zoom meetings, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams, an endless array. How to be a good leader in the age of a pandemic? How to build a more diverse and inclusive team? How to apply Marie Kondo to schools? It’s endless. Perhaps the most important question is: How do you decide whether or not 45 minutes on a video presentation is worth your while?
SmarterWisdom has certainly wasted some time tuning in to a few failures. One of us finds something that looks good, and as part of our partnership and commitment to constant learning, we both tune in. Ten minutes in, one of us texts the other: What do you think? Sometimes we hang in there and sometimes we don’t, determining that our time will be better spent elsewhere. We usually agree on the decision to jump ship. So, what kinds of calibration and measurements are we using to determine that we are no longer in?
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