The lights were dimmed, and we (myself and thirteen colleagues on a professional development retreat) were well into watching a video, The Overview Effect, when it happened. When a seed was planted. A fact that at first seemed rather innocuous, even questionable…until it wasn’t. Until I did some research, and began to contemplate the vastness, mystery and wonder of it.
SNEAKY SABOTEURS: The Subtle Power of Expectations
My shopping list was meticulously organised—rewritten twice to ensure that every ingredient I needed was listed in the sequence I’d find them within the grocery store. Our annual Thanksgiving celebration was only two days away, and the list was large and filled with many special items. Failing to purchase any one of these had the potential to throw long standing family recipes into a tail spin, so I was being extra careful. Mentally checking and rechecking the contents of my trolley against the list several times as I progressed through the store. But somehow I made a mistake.
THE SPACES IN BETWEEN: Where Life, Love, and Leadership Happen
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