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Today was my second busiest day since I started tracking my tasks at the beginning of August. That’s what I get for taking a day off.
Did lots of fairly small things today across lots of different pieces of work, but the big(ish) thing was a research plan for donations. It’s been a while since I’ve done any user interviews so it’s been really interesting to work through the secondary research that’s out there about charity donations, and use it to frame the research objectives.
Working, managing, leading
Working = doing the work
Managing = getting others to do the work
Leading = getting others to get others to do the work
So, the thing about being a manager and/or leader is the increased complexity of ways to get work done. Sometimes, just doing it yourself is the better way, sometimes leading others to manage others to do it is better, and choosing which is where the complexity comes in.
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Thought a lot about change today. If looking back, life happens in chapters, I wonder if the next step is part of the same chapter or a new chapter?
Practice at the small scale
What we practice at the small scale sets patterns for the whole system.
Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy