This week’s focus point…Building Puzzles.
This past weekend, Barb and I traveled to visit her parents, which required a trip across the ferry. Normally, I sit and read and relax on ferries, but on the weekends, I use it to get a little exercise in. The ferry is a 30-minute crossing and based on my Fitbit calculations, about 2500 steps. I opted to get some steps in!
As I walked around my first lap, I noticed a half-finished puzzle on one of the tables. This is quite usual. It’s there for any passenger to share in the building of a 1000 piece puzzle. By the time I made my first full lap, a gentleman was sitting there working on it. For those that partake, it’s a shared experience among people that don’t even know each other, for the purposes of one mission. To complete the puzzle. It’s an exercise in working towards a greater good.
What would your workplace and company be like if people that DID know each other worked in a similar fashion? Instead of arguments, agendas, and drama over projects and shared objectives, they could work like the puzzle-makers to find solutions, make decisions, and solve puzzles quickly for the benefit of all. As a leader, you create the environment to do this. How you influence people will have a direct correlation on their desire to build puzzles collaboratively or tear them apart before it even gets going. How will you foster puzzle building in your teams this week?
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