feminine feminist

The butterfly effect

(courtesy of http://artsytime.com/butterfly-effect/)

I've been thinking a lot about the power of strategic influencing. If I've learned one thing in my management career, it is that the most power conversations are usually unplanned and often opportunistic. This is something I used to balk at. Where was structure? Where is consultation? But the world is spinning, plates, issues, politics in the air, and like a butterfly's wings, we can be spiralled into many directions in seconds. I want to be a shaper of our strategic direction. I want there to be equity and strategy, not political gaming. In order to do this, there is a different type of game. It's called 'telling the truth' and 'telling it often' and most importantly 'telling it well.' And that is what I am seeking to do, knowing that a flutter here and there may have an instrumental effect (hopefully for the good).

posted by Feminine Feminist @ 9:20 PM