Hello Folks,
I've been missing the Blog Posts lately...and I am really sorry for that (Karin and Per sorry).
So here I am back again 20 days later. Seems a century and there so many things going on inside me.
In order to stick with the Blog structure:
How do I feel about the process ?
These last 20 days have been a mix of feelings. The process it has been shaped quickly in those last 20 days and we all perceived the power of the convergence. We started connecting the dots and the DOCS, getting over the disagreements, we understood how each element will fit in the big picture etc. and this released a lot of positive energy.
The retreat was key, in my opinion, to settle all this up. Giving calm and trust in the process and more important in the people. Everyone seemed to have really reflected about the feedback and the feelings we shared.
These 20 days have been the funnel of our chaos. I started valuing all the discordance and the disagreements we had because I believe they have generated reach insights when it came to the consolidation. If the process had been smooth and linear, without disagreements and all smiles this would have been a clear sign of an empty work and meaningless contribution. Just nice words on paper and nothing else. I think that this process wanted much more. It wanted to make us discovery ourselves, discovering Nova. Embrace the values and be ready to the real world. In addition to that we ended up deliver, eventually, something valuable. The toolbox and the strategies we came out with are not rocket science books, but they are the seed of the Nova journey. I am happy, as all of us, to have contributed... somehow.
I also started confirming my hypothesis that we are all part of a bigger plan. I believe I was right when I framed our internship as a test for a bigger validation.
What did I learn ?-I learnt that Business is Business, especially for business men. You can name it a living community, you can name it resilient system but at the end is a way of making money. However. if in life you are able to build something valuable for the people while making money this is even better ;)
- I learnt that people are really awesome. The speakers, the casual people I've met at the sunnyfridays have been seeding in me new questions every time. That is why I believe in the Nova concept even more.
- I learnt that a well designed process can be judged at the very end. Along the way it can be tweaked but if you started with a purpose keep going. Is better to have one proved failure that half failure and half success. In the last option you will fail anyway and you will not be able to understand why!!
- I learnt that it is important to read behind the lines. The people in this dynamic environment test you without even telling you. They also try to guide you with hints and suggestions, well masked and hidden.
- I learnt that you don't have to give up on the frustrations because the best inspirations may come in a cloudy Saturday morning.
-I learnt that the brain is a library and that it provides you the right quote at the right moment, just when you need it. It stores everything and if you are able to wait it will connect all the dots.
I will keep update the blog in this last week, sorry again for having miss that.
Baci e abbracci
Andrea :)
Hey Andrea! I agree with you that, even though going through the process was rough, the many disagreements we had as a team actually made everything much more meaningful right now than it was previously. Perhaps this is a phase that is unavoidable and that every group has to go through eventually to find its purpose.
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