Am still trying to write up Stephen Abram’s talk, which I attended on Friday. It was so densely packed with information, ideas and strategies, that it’s proving quite difficult to untangle my scribbled notes and get them coherent enough to post. I’ll keep working on it, especially because I think it would be very useful to provide a report to my colleagues who didn’t go, and blogging it will be a first step to getting that report written.
I start a new job this morning. No, I’ve not left MPOW, I’ll be acting in another role from now until the end of the year. It should be an interesting challenge.
Karen Schneider recently posted her seven goals for her new job. They sound very sensible:
- Learn everything I can about my responsibilities
- Leave a good impression on as many people as possible
- Give my best on every project and endeavor
- Help my organization move forward in its goals
- Leave some room for my personal life (spouse, person of faith, writer, gardener)
- Make someone smile every day
- Add something new to the work equation
I particularly like #6, which if I can be mindful of it, will hopefully help keep me grounded and not take things (myself!) too seriously.
There’ll be a lot happening over the next few months. Not only this new position, but I have started a couple of other experiments which are looking very promising. I will try and write about them soon.