A SHIFT perspective
A full calendar is not the same as progress.
Make space to ask what the work is actually helping you accomplish.
Look at the work, not just the effort.
People in mission driven organizations can care deeply and still spend time on activities that no longer help. Take one recurring commitment and ask what useful result it produces now.
Create room to learn.
Choose a small amount of time to examine a real challenge with your team. Invite an honest view of what is working and what is becoming difficult. Protect that conversation from the pressure to produce an immediate answer.
Change one commitment.
Decide what to continue, adjust or stop. Be clear about the people affected and how you will know whether the change helped. Use the space you create for something the mission needs.
Developed from Jason Borowicz’s SHIFT and Imaginactions™ approach.
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