For the next week or two, notice how you work. Notice how others work together. No judgment — don’t fix anything. Just notice.
At the end of your workday, pick one of these prompts and write about it. 10, 15, 20 minutes, in the pause between your work mind and your not work mind, will reveal habits, patterns and strengths you may not have noticed before.
Even better: share these prompts with others. You’ll discover that your quirks and challenges are more common than you think.
Use your Ideas table or free write section. Or create a new space for these explorations. (Remember, don’t over-engineer it. If you’ve started writing integration scripts … I am with you, brother. And you’ve gone too far.)
Describe Perceiving
- A moment you noticed yourself jumping into solutioning before fully understanding the problem.
- A conclusion you noticed you came to quickly, then later reconsidered.
- A decision you noticed was made more difficult by the surrounding environment.
Diagnosing
- An example of recognizing two people using the same word but meaning different things.
- A time you recognized an idea you felt strongly about — and the three reasons that convinced you.
Connecting
- An example where you linked relevant information out of a pile and used it to help others make a decision.
- A time you linked familiar information with something new that you learned from someone else.
Creating
- A moment when you transformed a “No” response into clarifying what you’d understood before continuing.
- An experience you transformed by describing it from three different perspectives.
- An outcome you transformed by pairing with someone in another part of the org.
Launching
- A small adaptation you shared that had a positive impact.
- Something you shared with two different audiences in two different ways.
Learning
- Something you designed into your practice after paying attention to these skills.
- An approach you designed that made working with others more enjoyable.
