We are in the midst of making a rather bold strategic move in one of our states we do business in. Yesterday, my leader asked my colleague and I to draft a business case to our executive office outlining why we want to move forward with this strategy. We needed to be in a position to send it in today, that's just how we roll. As we proceeded to put the written case together, I just couldn't help but think that there must be some way to enhance this. Again, it is a rather bold move. I found myself wondering if there was any way that a written, one page document could ever communicate the passion we feel behind the direction we feel we need to go.
This morning I tested the waters. "Would anyone be interested in doing a recorded PowerPoint to accompany the written document? It would really help us to support the message we are trying to convey and let our leaders process the information through different mediums." My leader was all in, the rest of my team was a bit apprehensive. You know how you just don't really understand how something could work until you see it - that's how they felt. So, I "whipped up" a ppt based on the exhibits we had in the written doc, wrote a script (that was not followed) and my leader had it recorded by early afternoon. I have to say, he was amazing. He jumped right in and really enjoyed being able to add his voice in more ways than one. And, once my peers saw the level of quality we could generate pretty quickly, they were on board as well.
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All in all, a win for us in utilizing the concepts! I'm so proud of my team in their willingness to take a chance and try something new in a communication that is so critical to our business. Jeez, I hope it opens up when they try to access it . . .
Woohooo! Way to go! This is really excited. I think it is very cool that your boss or leader was on board! I think in my company we are so small and they'd rather just hash things out in person really quickly. We are small, so the team thing really works. However, I think we just stick with the mainstream because it is easy. I was just trying to think of someone, other than me, that would even try this in our office. I think everyone would think it was a waste of time. Bummer. Who knows, one day, maybe I will have an opportunity to try.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Wendy!! That is a husge step! This will open the door to many more opportunitites to use technologies. Kudos to you for applying what we are learning and for pushing your team/organization to think about new ways to deliver information. You are moving from your self titled "tech challenged" to a technology leader - way to go!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! You'll have to tell use how the pitch goes.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm with Sheila...you really seem to be taking this stuff and running with it.