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THE COVID19 LENS5/10/2021 Lately in a coaching conversation, I learned that applying a COVID19 lens as an intentional approach to planning, decision-making, and resources allocation is not only safe but strategic.
Given that majority of the world is still battling the third wave, dangerous variants have weakened and collapsed many health care systems in the developing countries, and developed countries have yet to pick up the pieces of their lives and economies- COVID19 will not go away just as it came. The COVID19 lens should be used beyond the pandemic and the virus transmission. It's about reconstruction, restoration, and healing of societies and economies. It's also about getting back to the root causes that alienate us from our environment, community, and self-sustainability. I heard that those people who recover from COVID19 had after-effects felt for months and years. These are facts we are grappling today: How can the whole society recover from mental health issues, depression, and isolation? How can we recover from deaths of family, friends, neighbors, officemates due to COVID19? How can we recover from suicides of people close to us who died because of COVID19 isolation? How can we recover our businesses from taking a nose dive due to lockdowns and travel/mobility restrictions? How can we recover from deaths that are not COVID19 because the health care systems refuse to treat emergency surgeries? These are not irrecoverable or irreparable but they do leave lasting impacts that will take years to completely undo. On a positive note, this virus will never be back again. On a more realistic note, we will have to face more diseases, deadlier than this one unless we get better at monitoring, testing, rules and policy enforcements, and cooperation. How are you operating your organization through the COVID19 lens and beyond? Are you ready for the slow but sure emergence in the horizon?
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WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?4/12/2021 What could possibly go wrong?
When vaccines are in short supply while thousands get infected everyday with the new variants overwhelming the health-care system... When officials implement draconian measures to curb the transmission without due regard of rights, equity, and fairness and apologize with tears afterwards.. When science-backed findings do not get into the policymakers' heads.. or when science is distorted to reflect reality and not the other way around.. When simply going about your ways as if the COVID19 doesn't exists is a form of escape.. Where are the best minds in our country who can help out right now... Perception is reality. When the government says that it's under control, it doesn't mean that it's all under their control. What can possibly go wrong when everyone conforms to the desperation and no one appeals for collective wisdom and an enlightened approach? In your organization, are you just adhering to the instructions or are you actually listening for what is not being said? Can you make an intelligent analysis and come up with suggestions when others act on the basis of fear?
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BRICOLEUR VERSUS PLANNER2/11/2021 Are you a bricoleur or a planner?
Do you look at your fridge and make do with what you have or do you list down what you don't have and have a trip to the grocery? Do you look at what's already working in your organization and build from your bench strength or you're always looking for some best practice out there and apply it across the board? Do you have a tendency to conform to the standards of 'doing things right' or your organization create your own good practice consciously? In resource-scarce and start-from-scratch organizations, bricolage is not just pragmatic but it helps managers and leaders get on with their agenda. They shun the demand to be 'follow the dream' with more inputs, but understand that their paths can lead them to second-best options. In a perfect environment, the best planners win. In a non-perfect world, the bricoleurs and improvisers get things done and accumulate rapid success with less. Talent, creativity, and improvisation are great combinations in times of crisis and ambiguities. Know yourself and the connections, networks, knowledge, and resources that you have at your disposal. Dig in deep and marvel at what you can achieve, now. |