Joy and awesomeness are responsibilities of leadership

I was writing some thoughts about companies having a crisis of confidence and realized that what I wrote has general applicability. Look forward to any reaction to this.

* when "joy" is missing from the work, particularly when smothered by fear and toil, leadership fails

* when "awesomeness" is missing from the product vision, designers aren't necessary to get at what could make "awesome"; leadership fails when it has not created ways for the team's wisdom to emerge

Work can be joyful, set clearly on the path to awesomeness, punctuated by regular bursts of productive, collective energy that remind us why we're doing this, renewing each others' faith and steadfastness that we, together, in our common purpose and belief in each other can realize the impossible.

I worry that we too often stray from this vision of what work should be. I, too, find myself dragged down by fear and toil from time to time.

Comments

[Art]

Thanks for the kind comment, Joe. It's the people that make it what it is. Love having you be part of that space.

[Joe Omansky]

Is that why you created Tipping Point Partners? It's clear that you've created a workspace that transcends work environments pretty much anywhere else that I've seen. It's a joy having the privilege to work out of that space.

[Stefanie Syman]

Right on Art. Which is why I am trying to start a series of gatherings aimed precisely at helping people reconnect with the sense of awesomeness. So far, lots of interest. Steven is on board for the Alpha gathering. Meditation and yoga will be part of it, one very small but important part.