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Tonight Edith is at her Japanese class (interesting) while I'm at home (dull) and it's my turn to take a photo; tomorrow evening I'm at a council meeting (moderately interesting) while Edith's at home (dull) and it's her turn. Sorry about that.
This was my dinner, by the way. A frozen - well, hot by the time I ate it - four-cheese pizza with the addition of some parma ham from our Waitrose Valentine's meal deal from Saturday. Tasty, but hardly an exciting photograph.
A protest called by Uni Students For Climate Justice in Melbourne, forming part of a COP26 Global Day of Action against climate inaction.
A protest called by Uni Students For Climate Justice in Melbourne, forming part of a COP26 Global Day of Action against climate inaction.
i've never really tried to shoot sports, if chess is not counted :)
futsal prooved a good opportunity to see apertures and shutterspeeds in action.
only these two came out any good.
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
After a few years of inaction, I installed a new Li-ion NP-400 battery in my 2005 Konica Minolta DSLR Dynax 5D to replace the dead original one, and I did a small series of pictures with the two KM zoom lenses to re-evaluate the small Sony 6 MP CCD (still not a CMOS) sensor and optics.
The KM Dynax 5D was the latest DSLR body released by Konica Minolta before to be sold to SONY Corp.
Processing of the native RAW files using Lightroom/Luminar 2018.
Vienne, Isère, France
A little over a year after the property had been flooded out, it happened again.
The property manager and maintenance manager didn't answer calls. The after-hours emergency contact did answer but said they didn't know what to do (and then buttdialed me while they were watching porn).
Someone was to come out the following day to see how bad this bout was and figure out what to do next. No one ever came by.
Taken By Paloma Oliveira
work with...
Thais BELTRAME, BIA, Thais HANA BI, EIMAR, Cris MIMI & Z.eila
SAO PAULO//07
:P.
Fire Drill Friday, along with Fridays for Future, protesting against inaction on the climate crisis on 12/6/19.
(November 13th, 2009) SPT-SEIU members and leaders held a sit-in in to demand Resident Commissioner Pierluisi reject anti-worker policies of Fortuño administration ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico ~ Photo © 2009 Javier Rodriguez
Jane Fonda and others at Fire Drill Friday protest against inaction on climate change, by the Capitol.
New Loanie Sam Hodgson inaction during the Northern Premier League East match between Stockton Town FC and Consett FC played at the Map Group UK Stadium Bishopton Road West Stockton, ©Harold Cook
After some announcements and roll call the firefighters lined up and marched away to the applause of the bystanders.
Santo André - SP//07, Grafiteiras BR.
fotos de arquivo:
ANARKIA, Cris MIMI, HUANITA, NINA, PALOMA OLIVEIRA, PRILA PAIVA, YA YA...
:P.
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
After a few years of inaction, I installed a new Li-ion NP-400 battery in my 2005 Konica Minolta DSLR Dynax 5D to replace the dead original one, and I did a small series of pictures with the two KM zoom lenses to re-evaluate the small Sony 6 MP CCD (still not a CMOS) sensor and optics.
The KM Dynax 5D was the latest DSLR body released by Konica Minolta before to be sold to SONY Corp.
Processing of the native RAW files using Lightroom/Luminar 2018.
makes 1000 words useless
A vertical panoramic I took last winter. Hope to experiment some more with vertical panos, they're fun :)
Photographing Academic Advisors and Advisees in C104 and in the hallway rest areas. Model releases available for all students, listed under Photographing Academic Advisors.
7 community members and allies, including Jordan Garcia from AFSC, were arrested in act of civil disobedience to protest the inaction of Congress on immigration reform. This event was hosted by our friends at Rights For All People.
Meanwhile across town, a counter-rally was occurring, called by the Federal Opposition, supported by talk radio shock jocks. The crowd seemed edgy and anxious.
Estimated to be 4000 people, upwards, although it didn't seem to me as big a crowd as Belmore Park.
The future abhors inaction.
Yet most organizations become trapped within it, driven a leadership team that is frozen in place, unable or unwilling to move forward. The results are predictable.
Most often, it comes through denial.
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." Ken Olsen, CEO, DEC, 1977
Digital Equipment froze in place when the personal computer (PC) came along, famously refusing to get involved. The result was predictable as they eventually were bought out for a fraction of their value by a PC company, Compaq. That company then disappeared because it too froze in place, refusing the accept the direct-to-consumer business model pioneered by Dell Computer! (Incidentally, one of the biggest bookings in my still-forming career as a speaker occurred in 1993 when DEC booked me on a 7-city 'roadshow' to highlight the growing importance of the Internet. At least they got that trend right!)
What are the other causes of inaction? Uncertainty, arrogance, hubris, complacency, resistance to change, inadequate resources - the sins of leadership failure are vast. And as is often the case, denial of the speed with which a dramatic, transformative change to future circumstances is often the root cause. And as I will often comment on stage and in my posts, there are many people who just don't like the future and what it represents - but will end up there anyways!
There is a high cost to business inaction - missed opportunities, a reduced ability to respond to emerging competitive threats, loss of market share, and an acceleration of new risk. Worst case, it leads to bankruptcy or acquisition. Adaptec was a well-known data storage company but didn't keep up with the trends redefining the industry (the forthcoming dominance of cloud technology), and went from $2 billion in sales to $35 million in a matter of years. Oops.
How do you counter this? Accept the future, align with it, understand the trends - be proactive! Be proactively strategic by aligning to changing customer needs, market trends, and competitive threats. Spend the time to understand what's next and what to do about it. Put in place an effective trends radar - a model for aligning to the future that I've been sharing with clients since 2007 and before.
And focus on your speed, agility, and flexibility!
The key thing is, so many organizations learned how to be action-oriented during the early days of Covid, and it's important not to lose the unique forward-oriented culture which emerge. Think about it : speed and action were everywhere. We implemented e-commerce platforms at speed and built sophisticated delivery and supply chain systems. Manufacturing companies quickly realigned their process to manufacture masks and shields. Churches learned how to do virtual services. Think about what we witnessed - the verb 'action' was dominant!
10 years of change in 6 months
Major trends accelerated
Organizations learned something new about speed
Agility and flexibility became a necessity
Business models shifted faster
An attitude that it can't be done was shattered by necessity
Decision-making paralysis was obliterated
The slow structure common to organizations was put under a microscope
Old barriers to new ideas disappeared
"Get it done" became the rallying cry
The key issue for everyone now is - how do we sustain the momentum? That's what I've been emphasizing to my clients - keep moving, and capitalize on the lessons learned.
The bottom line is this. "Inaction is a choice" implies that when faced with a challenge or opportunity, a leadership team is consciously deciding not to pursue it. That's negligence! That is a decision that means sticking with the status quo. What mystifies me is when they do this, and yet know it will have consequences. They know that their inaction will cost them a loss in customers, market share, revenue, reputation, talent, innovation, and competitive advantage. I've never understood why.
"Action is a verb" implies an organization that is fully prepared to challenge the status quote, and move forward at speed to invent a new reality. It is driven by a leadership team that is defined by courage, vision, strategy, innovation, collaboration, communication, feedback, learning, quality, and reliability. It's not easy, but necessary in the face of transformative, disruptive trends.
Today, at this very moment, you are probably faced with a decision that needs to be made.
Your choice is inaction or action.
Get moving!
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