Thursday 7 March
Thursday started off with more pushes of the snooze button
than usual… Everyone was still on a high on Wednesday, but two days after Cake
Sale and we are all feeling it. The hype and excitement has worn off and today
was a fight to get through. The beginning lecture of Business in Context was
interesting and helpful as always. Ian lectured on connections and the strength
of ideas through critical connections. Something that struck us all as a group
was the statement Ian made about “weak ties are surprisingly strong ties”. This woke us all up to the fact that all
connections made throughout this year must be kept close and worked on
throughout the year.
A well structured network is highly effective in more ways
than imaginable. This is so in the way we obtain information, the greater the
diversity of opportunities, the more frequently it is to generate more and new
opportunities, and the better resourced you are likely to be to exploit
opportunities your network brings you.
From Business in Context, we moved across to an incredibly
insightful and helpful BIC workshop. Ian
and Ali showed a video about a world record being set of building a fully ready
to move into house, in just 2 hours and 45 minutes. This was a huge lesson in
teamwork! There were great lessons learnt in preparation (next level
preparation down to the minute), delegations, team leadership and motivation.
We as a group have referred to the record breaking build on a few occasions.
The After Action Review was something that we will apply to
our business as often as possible. What was supposed to happen? What actually
happened? What went well (what made the result possible?)? What could have been
done better? These are all questions
that benefit the group in ways working towards a better future for the group
and our business.
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