Thought for Friday: Open to Possibility

Here’s the music video for the U2 song “Beautiful Day” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o (4:10) and the lyricshttps://www.u2.com/discography/lyrics/song/22  [U2, 30-Oct-2000].

The song centres around being open to finding place / space in this world. It acknowledges that there are rhythms in our lives and at times turning to look at the beauty of the day is all that is needed to open ourselves up to possibility. For us, this is part of stakeholder engagement and governance controls.

Some things to consider:

  • Possibilities arise when we are open to them. Being ready to receive the emergent

  • Rhythms and cadences are all around us. Now is real, though is a moment in time. The rhythm of our lives are full of these moments

  • Moments in time don’t define us, our lives do. We are our past, our present and our future

What moment are you in? What can you turn to for inspiration? What rhythm or cadence needs to be celebrated? What rhythm or cadence needs to change?

How does this thinking apply to you as a Project Manager? What are your teams stuck on? Where are you in the rhythms / cadences of your initiative? What outside perspective do you need? Who is looking for assistance? What can you do to assist?

Why is this important? Good question. In our darkest times there is always a moment where there is beauty if we are open to the possibility. This beauty may be the avenue to a new rhythm or cadence that sets us on a different path. Each path that we go down continues to build on the richness that is our lives.

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Inviting you to have a view / read and to have a chat with me about your thoughts.

[Originally posted internally in my role as Project Management Practice Lead at The Warehouse Group.]