“The Power of Small”
I hung out with my daughters this past week. We went to DC, saw friends, toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and ended it with attending the first stop on Michelle Obama’s book tour “The Light We Carry.”, moderated by Ellen Degeneres. In true Michele Turner fashion, I extracted a nugget (or two) that speaks not only to life, but Continuity and Resilience. “The Power of Small”.
The former First Lady mentioned that during COVID and lockdown, not only did she want to organize family activities to keep all busy, but she needed to focus on taking care of herself. Having something for her. Knitting was the choice. Her analogy had me at knitting, as this was a great memory from my time with my Grandma Lowery. The former First Lady found the power in starting from “nothing” (Knit one, Purl two) to “something” (knitting row created). There wouldn’t be an immediate afghan or comforter, but those small knitting steps would eventually result in something great.
I immediately related to the reference in everyday life, and also alignment to continuity and resilience. We’ve got to meet ourselves where we are. Maybe we would have liked to have been further along in our program maturity, maybe we want to create the worlds most intricate Business Continuity or Crisis Management exercise to include all of the risk areas in all of the functions. Maybe we want the Zombie attack meets David and Goliath. That’s huge team, are we ready for that? Yes, we want a bit of stretch, but let’s look at the three “R’s” is it Realistic, Reasonable, and has your team been made Ready from a consistent documentation, process, etc…. perspective? The “Power of Small” will allow you to start at the right level (knit one, purl two), create the necessary processes (create that row) and when complete,as you look over your work (After Action report which will lead to lessons Learned once applied), you will be ready for the next. You’ll see that the pot holder that you made, will eventually turn into that afghan or comforter over time :-).
So team, you’ll get there, we all will, and we’ll know when that Bias for Action should kick in (:-)), but for now….knit one, purl two…
And thus endeth the lesson…
https://amzn.to/3uDhshF
The former First Lady mentioned that during COVID and lockdown, not only did she want to organize family activities to keep all busy, but she needed to focus on taking care of herself. Having something for her. Knitting was the choice. Her analogy had me at knitting, as this was a great memory from my time with my Grandma Lowery. The former First Lady found the power in starting from “nothing” (Knit one, Purl two) to “something” (knitting row created). There wouldn’t be an immediate afghan or comforter, but those small knitting steps would eventually result in something great.
I immediately related to the reference in everyday life, and also alignment to continuity and resilience. We’ve got to meet ourselves where we are. Maybe we would have liked to have been further along in our program maturity, maybe we want to create the worlds most intricate Business Continuity or Crisis Management exercise to include all of the risk areas in all of the functions. Maybe we want the Zombie attack meets David and Goliath. That’s huge team, are we ready for that? Yes, we want a bit of stretch, but let’s look at the three “R’s” is it Realistic, Reasonable, and has your team been made Ready from a consistent documentation, process, etc…. perspective? The “Power of Small” will allow you to start at the right level (knit one, purl two), create the necessary processes (create that row) and when complete,as you look over your work (After Action report which will lead to lessons Learned once applied), you will be ready for the next. You’ll see that the pot holder that you made, will eventually turn into that afghan or comforter over time :-).
So team, you’ll get there, we all will, and we’ll know when that Bias for Action should kick in (:-)), but for now….knit one, purl two…
And thus endeth the lesson…
https://amzn.to/3uDhshF
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