#Journey often. Nothing encourages #thinking differently like
being in a different place. #QuoteADay
#Day205 #edchat #ASCDL2L #SeeYouSoon
I’m sitting in JFK airport waiting to board my plane to
Reagan. I’m heading to ASCD’s Leader 2
Leader conference (L2L), a conference that is designed to build the capacity of
leaders both for serving in their current and future positions as well as
within the ASCD organization.
A slight delay (due to some crazy attempt by Delta to board
four planes from the same gate and a missing flight attendant; explain those to
me) has given me about twenty minutes to put this post together. This is good, because from the time I arrive
today until I leave on Saturday, my brain will be going nonstop. The past two years that I have attended, my
brain has actually hurt at the end of the conference. I have no reason to believe this year will be
any different.
What’s so great about going to any conference is the ability
to think differently. Sometimes, all
that is needed is a change in location to help us reframe our thoughts, whether
that means more creatively, more constructively, or something else entirely.
Like any leader or learner, I actually enjoy the process of
thinking. I love what it feels like to
have ideas go through my head, and I enjoy letting them percolate. I enjoy sharing my own ideas and hearing the
ideas of others. All these characteristics
are important traits for developing leaders and learners.
What is so great about L2L is I’m surrounded by folks who
are infinitely better and more successful leaders than I am. So, I can take the opportunity to learn from
each of them. What is even more special about
the conference is it happens in a place that is different from my normal places
of thinking and learning. As I’ve
mentioned previously, when I’m in a different place, I’m able to consider ideas
differently, and building different pathways of thought is incredibly important
to being an effective leader.
While the journey is sometimes half the fun, exposing our
senses to different stimuli is really what lets us expand our thinking. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to
take my learning and leading in new directions.
I hope you are always looking forward to these experiences too.
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