From the Principal

“If you don’t know where you going you will probably end up somewhere else”

1. I remember when you could buy lollies, 2 for 1cent – cobbers, I miss them.
2. World events were only things that you read about days after they happened.
3. There were no mobile phones or ATMs
4. I remember when our first colour TV arrived
5. I saw my first computer when I was 10 years old. It took up a whole room and printed a card

Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing with you some thoughts from Steve Wozniak's Living on the Future Edge.

The relevance of the things above is where we start this journey of understanding our own paradigm. Where we have come from, prepares us for the adjustments that we must make to keep up with our changing world.

To skillfully change our paradigm, we need to embrace change and let go of our old paradigms. The industrial age paradigm that I grew up in, described above, was designed for mass production and standardisation. This mindset creates a paradigm pressure on us, as we try to navigate the information age. 

We get a better view of the impact on us when we understand that technology develops exponentially faster over time. That means, the rate things change, gets faster and more pronounced as we go along. 

Understanding this, is it any wonder that we feel like life gets busier and there is more to do each day. Therefore, to manage we need two views. One on managing the immediate reality that is our work right now. The other is an eye on the future and the trends on the horizon. Easier said than done.

Let’s think about that this week.