Since I added on a new role recently, I have been spending a lot more time learning and a lot less teaching. (no formal announcement yet so cant share it all yet, sorry! Soon, I hope.)
When I am ‘teaching’ – holding a class on SSRS, working with buying on replenishment, helping Planning team with a model, that time goes by very fast. It is always very fun, always rewarding, some of my most enjoyable work-time. (“best” time is work is still way worse than a bad time at golf, of course. Just keeping it calibrated.)
Lately, I find myself spending more time listening – and learning. Trying to connect the dots. I am finding that is so much harder for me. I wonder if it is just out of practice, rusty skillsets? Or just a mental flaw- less engaging listening to others? Time will tell.
The more time I spend in this new role, I more I understand the need I have to fill. Seems like a lot of time spent herding cats. So many people with such different angles and views, and so many different ways to get to the end results. I hope I am attaching myself to the best routes. Time will tell.
Jean Paul Sartre said you can not make wrong choices, as you can only make the choices that YOU make. Hmm. Back to the question of if freewill is just an illusion, are we all just pre-programmed moist robots?
Better, to quote Dire Straights-Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.
No matter what roles change, I am still, and will always be,
-That Planning Guy
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