I remember a mentor had once told me that in the first phase of your career, focus should always be on the learning. Once you start learning and expanding your knowledge base, the earning will follow. I feel the same could apply to Nova, once we focus on the learning and the people aspect of the organisation, revenues will follow. Building the core and essence of the organisation is important. Once that is sustainable and resilient, we can create revenue streams.
My learning for the week is that we really need to learn what Nova is all about and think of ways to make it resilient and sustainable. This might mean moving away from the recruitment focus but it might also mean that we need to think of how to enhance the sense of community for Novas. Defining top talent is just important as understanding the desires, needs and pains of top talent. Insights from this research can help us identify values we want to incorporate in our culture and the products and services we want to provide them.
My learning for the week will also be that sometimes it's ok to leave with more questions than answers. I have a tendency to solve problems as soon as I see them but sometimes this would mean coming up with short-term fixes instead of long-term solutions. For example, I realised that there were many things still incomplete in our toolbox and that caused me stress earlier this week but after having a conversation with Karin and Per, I realised that having a list of to-dos and fixes for future development is better than coming up with a short-term fix for the toolbox. It's always good to keep in mind the bigger picture and the long term impact, even though we were only here for this internship for eight weeks.
I also learnt the importance of seeing things from another person's perspective this week. Throughout the organisation of Sunny Fridays we had doubts and questioned the effectiveness of our work. However, the feedback from guests and staff at SUP46 made us realise that we did have an impact on the community over the course over the summer and did a good job bringing people together. Staff at SUP46 mentioned how they would like to continue with this event and that made me feel like we are leaving behind a legacy rather than just an experiment over the summer.
Overall, I engaged in a lot more reflecting this week, informally and formally and that helped me develop a sense of closure and purpose for the rest of the time I'm here at Nova.
My learning for the week is that we really need to learn what Nova is all about and think of ways to make it resilient and sustainable. This might mean moving away from the recruitment focus but it might also mean that we need to think of how to enhance the sense of community for Novas. Defining top talent is just important as understanding the desires, needs and pains of top talent. Insights from this research can help us identify values we want to incorporate in our culture and the products and services we want to provide them.
My learning for the week will also be that sometimes it's ok to leave with more questions than answers. I have a tendency to solve problems as soon as I see them but sometimes this would mean coming up with short-term fixes instead of long-term solutions. For example, I realised that there were many things still incomplete in our toolbox and that caused me stress earlier this week but after having a conversation with Karin and Per, I realised that having a list of to-dos and fixes for future development is better than coming up with a short-term fix for the toolbox. It's always good to keep in mind the bigger picture and the long term impact, even though we were only here for this internship for eight weeks.
I also learnt the importance of seeing things from another person's perspective this week. Throughout the organisation of Sunny Fridays we had doubts and questioned the effectiveness of our work. However, the feedback from guests and staff at SUP46 made us realise that we did have an impact on the community over the course over the summer and did a good job bringing people together. Staff at SUP46 mentioned how they would like to continue with this event and that made me feel like we are leaving behind a legacy rather than just an experiment over the summer.
Overall, I engaged in a lot more reflecting this week, informally and formally and that helped me develop a sense of closure and purpose for the rest of the time I'm here at Nova.
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