tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743162509980969953.post2481549032320563739..comments2024-03-22T21:47:23.109+00:00Comments on journalling: Responsibility in leadershipliz crumlishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743162509980969953.post-80803302743882082882011-03-25T16:47:55.674+00:002011-03-25T16:47:55.674+00:00Crimson, Like the idea of a video rather than a sn...Crimson, Like the idea of a video rather than a snapshot. And glad the post raised a laugh. If I could only get dot on a boat, she would LOVE you revgals! And you would love her!liz crumlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261486774607168533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743162509980969953.post-53154651300663826302011-03-25T13:46:42.846+00:002011-03-25T13:46:42.846+00:00oh my, I laughed three times reading this -- subtl...oh my, I laughed three times reading this -- subtlety and cajolery, YUP. And pouring quantities of melted butter over the participants from a great height, too!<br /><br />and you are right about the labels. The first sneer is usually about 1/2 second after the assigning of a label.<br /><br />for what it's worth...some of this kind of thinking could also be called "reframing hope", and recently I heard a kind of useful imaginative technique described (this was some months back, and on dry land too!!!)...that part of our exercise in imagining a future good AND its infrastructure (and the preparatory steps) entails imagining it not as a snapshot, or an "artist's rendering," but as a video.<br />hope your day is going really well!<br />and I'm with Dot about the pre-retirement and post-retirement difference--right on, there!Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743162509980969953.post-2160623875794314822011-03-25T10:45:45.786+00:002011-03-25T10:45:45.786+00:00Not sure about it being sacreligious but how right...Not sure about it being sacreligious but how right you are that other leadership groups have done 'blue sky thinking' to death!!<br />In my pre-retirement life, I dreaded the blue sky meetings, usually it was about trying to be creative about lack of resources because of cuts being imposed and being packaged as a wonderful opportunity to do things differently!<br />Now on the other side of retirement I need to address the implications that come with these cuts in resource and re-engage with the blue sky at a more personal level. After the basic needs are met all else is a bonus, and re-framing priority is both challenging and rewarding. <br />Now, I think that the best gift I can give people is time to listen to them, not some smart, colourful packaged gift that costs the earth! <br />The best gift I can give to myself is to spend time with the people I love, offer my<br />time where I can try to help make a difference to people's lives, and time to draw apart from them and spend time with my Saviour. All of these things more precious than gold, yet with no financial implication! I give thanks!<br />Blue sky thinking, re~framing priority and the luxury of the time to reflect on all of this~wouldn't change it for the world!<br />In the words of a late moderator ( Very Rev.Dr Andrew Doig) "It's people that count"!Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00150057664958452537noreply@blogger.com