"Change your angle... [@dailyshoot #ds124]

...today. Make a photo from 1' (30 cm) off the ground and post it."

 

WHY TO PARTICIPATE A PHOTO A DAY PROCESS IF YOU ALREADY DON'T

 

Having a sick day today - and in order to keep the @dailyshoot project going I chose the most simple possible alternative: Measuring 30 cm from the floor beside the sofa... As the result was a much more interesting angle I ever thought - it made me list, why I keep recommending 'a photo a day' in some format for everyone:

 

1) In your next job interview: When you are asked (and you will be:)) "how do you exactly demonstrate having taken concrete action to change your ways of working"; how do you show you are serious when you mention about your ability not only to adapt to new things but also encourage others... - You'll refer to your daily photo(s) archive(s).

 

2) Your daily photo process has helped you to understand that innovative moves in your organization / work in general are done in so small steps, that everyone can take at least one step every day. The steps size of a photo are a most suitable way to learn the process of - not completing innovations at times (too seldom, too alone), but accepting innovative thinking as your daily driving force.

 

3) The duration of the time varies - as always when it comes to getting personal learning results leading into a different kind of impact in your organization / network... - but assuredly you'll begin to see concrete results. The first one is the ability to handle a process that requires - no matter how little at times, but - a daily action, every day.

 

4) I consider learning to adopt a daily routine the most fundamental benefit of participating a daily photo process. The reason is that - although it sounds so simple - it's so from another planet compared to how we have been taught to work and study: Make schedules, follow deadlines, prepare a presentation for the kick-off - and the next to the concluding workshop?!, prepare for meetings, seminars, aim at BIG targets like getting your texts published etc. This all prevents us from seeing everything around us from a different angle. It prevents us from making innovative changes real.

 

5) There are two instructions necessary to follow when beginning 'a daily photo' personal learning process: 1) Make a photo every day. Don't get stuck with thinking that other people take more advanced photos. They do. That's the way you learn. When you keep repeating you'll reach levels you never expected when you posted your 1st photo. 2) Choose a forum / forums where you share your photos. Make friends. This is how networked innovation is learned in practice.

 

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