musings of the moment

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I am disrupted.

I have reason for my feelings of disruption: Let me count the ways:

1 - COVID-19: Coming up on the one-year anniversary of the bat flu, rugged American individualism is metastasizing this virus into 2 new virulent strains.  Do like my mother said, and stay well: Wash your, hands, don't touch your face, and go outside! (She would add "and don't come home until the street lights come on)

2 - COVID-1619: The latest iteration of insanity has resulted in an attempted coup on the legislative branch of our Government. The world is watching, and is reminded of what they already know: that slavery is America's original sin, and that our exceptionalism is a fallacy built on White supremacy. There...I said it. 

3 - Transition: Moving to a new region, getting to know new people, not really wanting to move from the old people, trying to find a decent slice of pizza, or a bagel, missing Trader Joe's like woo, driving 15 miles to find an Italian deli, and paying $12US for a BEC (that's Bacon, Egg and Cheese, for the rest of yous!) I'm too freakin' old for this!

4 - Unrest: All the social upheaval, political distress, mob rule, looting, killing, shouting, hating - has got me on edge. "Don't push me/Cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying / Not to lose my head"

But...just as I was preparing to move, I discovered the work of Whitney Johnson, who has morphed the classic S-curve to effectively graph the process of "Thriving in Disruption." I used the process on myself, and I used it in the final evaluation of our staff, so that they had a lingo to transition well to new leaders.

Johnson says, "In times of disruption, the best thing to do is to disrupt yourself." Never waste a good crisis, this is the time to awaken your "quarandream," make your side hustle your main hustle. Remember that slow motion is better than no motion.

If you are reading this, you have got the best chance of life. 

The instruments are easy to use, and can be an essential tool for you and your staff to bring a self-care dynamic to your workplace.  Happy disrupting!

So check out Whitney Johnson right here

Take the Disruption Diagnostic here: