When we launched the Optionality Roadmap to Restoration Q1 sprint earlier this year, we considered it 6-week framework to transition into what this year was meant to hold for us. By the end, it seemed like the sprint might actually be transformative for some participants. It depended entirely on where you were, and where you hoped to arrive.
Which brought up an interesting discussion about our definitions of those two words. So we decided to make Transformation vs. Transition Optionality’s theme for May.
This reminds me of our discussion from last year about the difference between purpose and passion:
Last year I said,
“My purpose is what I’m here to do.
My passion is reflected in who or what I’m here to do it for”
This year, I had another such couplet:
“Transformation is an internal process you go through…
Which ensures you transition in the right direction.”
Along the way I dredged back up my disdain for the word “pivot,” when usually people simply mean “evolution.” Jory remembers that well :)
We also discuss AI, and how what so many people are calling “AI transformation” is really just trying to do the same stuff faster and cheaper. Even at its most successful, it won’t be transformational at all, more like a transition to a “synthetic workforce” as I call it. And still on AI, we talk about Reese Witherspoon’s AI foray. Some would call it a snafu for her to advocate for women to learn AI, but Jory and I have seen too much of what happens when women (and other underrepresented groups) aren’t at the table.
Finally, we talk about KPIs, and what they look like when you don’t actually have to care about the kinds of metrics that Wall Street (and therefore public, private equity-, and venture-funded companies) prioritizes.
Also mentioned, my post from a couple of weeks ago about the ways I’m using AI that aren’t at all about productivity or efficiency:, but rather about being expansive…and how I have agency (Jory’s favorite word of the moment when it comes to AI) to direct my learning:
So, tell us:
