A play date.
Donny Trump, Bernie Sanders, Pope Francis, Hassan Rouhani, Destin Yellin, Dr. Zoi Livaditou, Yves Morieux, gravitas, gratitude, collaboration, productivity, and creativity.
The above is fascinating. Most of the people or the terms listed above will need little introduction. Donnie (Trump) we know is the outrageously outspoken presidential candidate in the United States. Mr. Sanders is the quasi-socialist United States presidential candidate. Pope Francis is the very outspoken, radical by some standards, current leader of the Roman Catholic church. Distin Yellin is an artist whose creations challenge to us is to get out of our boxes and relate to each other as people. Dr. Loi Livaditou is a physician who has dedicated her professional life, which is also her personal life, to helping others. She is currently working with/for Syrian refugees and has previously worked with Doctors without Borders. Yves Morieux is “A senior partner in BCG’s Washington D.C. office and director of the BCG Institute for Organizatio. Morieux considers how overarching changes in structure can improve motivation for all who work there. (ted.com) Gravitas is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as
“seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust in others”. Gratitude as defined by Cambridge dictionary as, “The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” Cambridge dictionary defines collaboration as “the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing.” Cambridge dictionary defines productivity as “… the rate at which a person, company, or country does useful work.” And, finally, Cambridge dictionary defines creativity as “the ability to produce original and unusual ideas, or to make something new or imaginative.”
So now we have spent several minutes of reading time on a list of what might appear to be unrelated people and terms. The reader will undoubtedly be asking, “What is the point? Why should I bother reading this?” My main purpose was to demonstrate the process by which I arrive at what I will write in the daily blog. Every morning various people, places, events, words, and concepts begin to visit with and play with each other in my brain. As is probably obvious, I do not ring up people on my smart phone early in the a.m. asking if they would like to visit with each other. Just imagine if I had done that this morning. The conversation might have sounded like, “Good morning, Donny (Trump). This is Jim Pickett. Grab your morning coffee and get ready to visit with the president of Iran, the Pope, Dr. Livaditou, Mr. Morieux, and Mr. Yellin. You all will be talking about gravitas, gratitude, collaboration, productivity, and creativity. No, no, we are not going to be talking about why you have refused to participate in the Republican Presidential candidate debate now because it is being moderated by Megyn Kelly. I know you do not think she will treat you fairly! What? What did you say? You think it will be more fun to tell the Pope how messed up his thinking is? Oh dear. Excuse me a minute? What is that your excellency, Pope Francis? You are eager to play with Mr. Yellin? You have your coveralls on to play in? Oh, very good you excellency! Oh, excuse me. Yes, yes, Dr. Livaditou. I am sure that President Rouhani will be happy to talk about more medical supplies and other help for the Syrian refugee. Well, yes. Do bring photographs of the refugees. Yes, I am sure you need a break. You are really looking forward to playing with Mr. Yellin. Oh my! He does seem to be emerging as the person who will organize the time together today. It seems everyone wants to play. Oh! It is a call from Mr. Marieux. Yes, yes I can assure you that the time together this morning will be very collaborative and, thus, very productive. Oh. Excuse me. Good morning, Mr. Yellin. You are going to invite Mr. Trump to go a group painting of gratitude with all the other participants? Oh, you want each of them to dance gratitude with another member of the group and then choose a color and draw it on a layer of glass? Really. What is that? You are going to put all the creations in a pot to represent a box, heat it until all the glass melts and plays together, let it cool until it is a lump and, thus, another box? Then you want them to what? Use movement/dance to demonstrate non-verbally how this new combination which is all of us will live and work together. Really? It should be quite an interesting morning. Oh! You think it will evoke a new level of gravitas for the ability of we humans to play nice together. Well, I am looking forward to this time together.”
Written January 27, 2016
Donny Trump, Bernie Sanders, Pope Francis, Hassan Rouhani, Destin Yellin, Dr. Zoi Livaditou, Yves Morieux, gravitas, gratitude, collaboration, productivity, and creativity.
The above is fascinating. Most of the people or the terms listed above will need little introduction. Donnie (Trump) we know is the outrageously outspoken presidential candidate in the United States. Mr. Sanders is the quasi-socialist United States presidential candidate. Pope Francis is the very outspoken, radical by some standards, current leader of the Roman Catholic church. Distin Yellin is an artist whose creations challenge to us is to get out of our boxes and relate to each other as people. Dr. Loi Livaditou is a physician who has dedicated her professional life, which is also her personal life, to helping others. She is currently working with/for Syrian refugees and has previously worked with Doctors without Borders. Yves Morieux is “A senior partner in BCG’s Washington D.C. office and director of the BCG Institute for Organizatio. Morieux considers how overarching changes in structure can improve motivation for all who work there. (ted.com) Gravitas is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as
“seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust in others”. Gratitude as defined by Cambridge dictionary as, “The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” Cambridge dictionary defines collaboration as “the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing.” Cambridge dictionary defines productivity as “… the rate at which a person, company, or country does useful work.” And, finally, Cambridge dictionary defines creativity as “the ability to produce original and unusual ideas, or to make something new or imaginative.”
So now we have spent several minutes of reading time on a list of what might appear to be unrelated people and terms. The reader will undoubtedly be asking, “What is the point? Why should I bother reading this?” My main purpose was to demonstrate the process by which I arrive at what I will write in the daily blog. Every morning various people, places, events, words, and concepts begin to visit with and play with each other in my brain. As is probably obvious, I do not ring up people on my smart phone early in the a.m. asking if they would like to visit with each other. Just imagine if I had done that this morning. The conversation might have sounded like, “Good morning, Donny (Trump). This is Jim Pickett. Grab your morning coffee and get ready to visit with the president of Iran, the Pope, Dr. Livaditou, Mr. Morieux, and Mr. Yellin. You all will be talking about gravitas, gratitude, collaboration, productivity, and creativity. No, no, we are not going to be talking about why you have refused to participate in the Republican Presidential candidate debate now because it is being moderated by Megyn Kelly. I know you do not think she will treat you fairly! What? What did you say? You think it will be more fun to tell the Pope how messed up his thinking is? Oh dear. Excuse me a minute? What is that your excellency, Pope Francis? You are eager to play with Mr. Yellin? You have your coveralls on to play in? Oh, very good you excellency! Oh, excuse me. Yes, yes, Dr. Livaditou. I am sure that President Rouhani will be happy to talk about more medical supplies and other help for the Syrian refugee. Well, yes. Do bring photographs of the refugees. Yes, I am sure you need a break. You are really looking forward to playing with Mr. Yellin. Oh my! He does seem to be emerging as the person who will organize the time together today. It seems everyone wants to play. Oh! It is a call from Mr. Marieux. Yes, yes I can assure you that the time together this morning will be very collaborative and, thus, very productive. Oh. Excuse me. Good morning, Mr. Yellin. You are going to invite Mr. Trump to go a group painting of gratitude with all the other participants? Oh, you want each of them to dance gratitude with another member of the group and then choose a color and draw it on a layer of glass? Really. What is that? You are going to put all the creations in a pot to represent a box, heat it until all the glass melts and plays together, let it cool until it is a lump and, thus, another box? Then you want them to what? Use movement/dance to demonstrate non-verbally how this new combination which is all of us will live and work together. Really? It should be quite an interesting morning. Oh! You think it will evoke a new level of gravitas for the ability of we humans to play nice together. Well, I am looking forward to this time together.”
Written January 27, 2016
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