Day #118

Iteration

If we consider Leadership to be a practice, then it stands to reason that our development happens over time: we learn, we rehearse, we reflect, we plan, we do. This is true at an individual level, but also more broadly for learning across the organisation. If we seek to have learning in the flow of work, learning as practice, then we will need to address the structures that it sits within.

Cycles of budget and review are good for producing assets, but not necessarily good for iteration and continuous development. Structures of ownership can similarly fail when people move from a specific sponsorship role. We can end up with a situation where we seek continuous improvement and motion, but we build organisations that deliver projects and then move on.

Think about your own approach to learning: is it based on events, or in practice. Is it saved up for special days, or do you hold it in every single day?

Use your sixty seconds today to think about this: what type of practitioner will you be?