TPOVs @F-L-O-W
Generati
"I now have a very simple metric I
use: are you working on something that can change the world?
Yes or no? The answer for 99.99999 percent of people is
‘no.’ I think we need to be training people on how to change
the world. Obviously, technologies are the way to do
that. That’s what we’ve seen in the past; that’s what drives
all the change.” – Larry Page, cofounder, Google.
Time flies when you are having fun.
Twenty Five Years ago on November
5, 1987, I decided that I would seek to identify why leaders
are leaders. And now, twenty-five years later, I have no
definitive idea that I could say causes a person to become a
leader.
What I did find along the way was
an amazing set of global experiences, from which emerged a set
of codified systems, one of which I call Generati.
Generati is simply the philosophy
that living can be generative, which enhances the opportunity
for others as a result of your actions, or non-action.
And what makes it so?
In the model of Generati I put forward
HERE, I outline the
elements involved in a developmentally scaled format,
providing the 144 elements in the system which can be measured
in terms of density, or frequency of observation. While the
model is still some time away from Prime Time, it’s important
to introduce "personal reason’s why": which provide context
for the current model of
@F-L-O-W.
If you’re working on something that
takes time, you’ll be empathetic to all the dead-ends and
side-tracks that are created when one takes on a very complex
problem, even though, it really seemed simple at the time.
In short, you really need to be
careful what you wish for… or when dreams become your life.
"To Live. To
Love. To Learn. To Leave a Legacy." –
Stephen R. Covey
It’s taken me what seems a lifetime
to recover and unlearn what I read in the Covey Books, a
wonderfully rich and sophisticated set of proves that systems
made for the 1-5% can’t be generalized; which doesn’t diminish
their brilliance or there efficacy —> to those people. I made
my way out of this cul-de-sac into and through COACH2, and now
into @F-L-O-W, all in service to Generati. I’m not there yet, but
I’m happy to share my journey.
Action Step:
How much of the time does your
behavior produce generative circumstances? I’m not talking
about sustainability, but generative. Maybe
EES should be
EESG. But for now, sustainability is an important idea to
extend the range and scope of @F-L-O-W, and as a consequence, we
may approach generativity.
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We hope you pick up valuable insights, ideas, and
tools during this process, which you can use for your own development as
well as your work and leadership with others.
You, Me, and We @F-L-O-W
Mike R. Jay is a developmentalist utilizing
consulting, coaching, mentoring and advising as methods to offer
developmental scaffolding for aspiring leaders who are interested in
being, doing, having, becoming, and contributing… to helping people
have lives.
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