More on Hedgehogs...
Right, I finished Chapter 5. And here are my findings...Firstly, I find it funny that this whole principle is based on the characteristics of an animal that has to be explained to people as they aren't native to the USA (where the Author lives).
Secondly, I am excited by the "3 circles". I think that applying the whole idea of a council that asks the hard hedgehog questions could be a real life-changing thing.
The basic idea is that there are 3 circles (or questions) that you need to consider and then align to discover your own personal hedgehog. These are:
And that's it!! Simple huh?
- What could you be "best in the world" at?
- What drives your economic engine?
- What are you deeply passionate about?
Well, actually, no. But it's interesting to put that into my present situation - my work at NSYFC. What could we be best in the world (although surely thinking regionally would be more realistic) at? What one thing we do (or could do) produces the biggest results (kids saved/ financial support)? And what are we as a team most passionate about?
I don't have any definite answers to any of those questions, which apparently is no bad place to start from, so trying to link them together is almost impossible at this stage, but I can definately see how working through this process and coming back to it regularly for the long term could be really benificial.
Maybe I need to talk to Liz (my boss) about putting a "council" together to work through this stuff, or maybe there already is one, and I just don't know about it, or maybe she'll read this blog entry, think "hey that's a great idea" and then suggest it herself on Monday morning?
I'll let you know what happens.
Right, dinner and then to chapter 6 (at last)...
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