7 things I'm thinking about
volume 01: strategic thinking, John Williams, volunteer history, and more
Hey there, reader.
I’m taking a break from my typical writing this week. Instead, here are 7 things I'm currently pondering:
How we can build strategic thinking organizations. This one will be a lengthy piece (unless my editor succeeds, as she usually does).
Why we need to go to space and I'm OK with billionaires funding it.
To whom do I send a letter? This piece by Olivia Reingold at The Free Press ignited my habit of simply knocking on the door. My current vote would go to John Williams. I saw him conduct the BSO at Tanglewood. From my vantage point, he exuded such joy and the people working with him seemed genuinely excited to be there. How do I become a leader like that?
The history of volunteering. I want to understand how this idea fits within the value economy, which means I need to know where it came from and how we got to our current practice.
Why great stories aren't about plots. I have done workshops and given presentations on stories. I've absolutely gone through the pieces of the story flow to which we all gravitate as humans. It's not bad to know. It's bad to let that constrain you so it's the only way you know how to tell a story. Because then all stories sound the frickin’ same, and frankly, that doesn't make sense. I posit that great stories are about people and the specifics therein.
Why does everyone seem to need to be trained via an expert on everything? Are there not some things we better learn for ourselves or through common sense?
If I have something to add to the work from home vs. work from office conversation. I'm largely frustrated that it continues in its current form but others have already done a fair job addressing how the debate misses the point.
I welcome your reactions to any and all of these ideas in the comments. They'll undoubtedly make whatever I do with them better.
And I'd love to know: what are you thinking about this week?
Be back in usual form next week,
Katie
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