I’ve been jotting down notes, on everything, for as long as I can remember. A supervisor who couldn't return a text. A TV interviewer who handled a difficult subject better than most managers handle a difficult employee. An article making a point it doesn't realize it's making. Twenty years of pattern recognition means the filter is always running.
This is where I stop taking notes and start saying something.
Who's On First — Abbott & Costello
Seven minutes of two people trying their absolute hardest to have what should be a simple conversation. Watch it once for the laughs. Watch it again for work.
Nobody Owned The Outcome
What happened next was not unique to this company. I've since come to understand that it happens in some form in most organizations when OD work does its job correctly. The work surfaced the truth and the truth was uncomfortable.
This is the kind of thing I think about. If it resonates, there's more where it came from — or let’s talk.