Agile thinking for business

Maybe not everyone's style, but I urge you to give this a go "mindspinning" (my instant random thought for the name of this 20 minutes after finishing this post..). Everyone thinks differently, and my mind is often firing off on different thoughts, I'm not so good at spending dedicated long amounts of time at a desk writing formal documents. My methodology is to get thoughts down quickly with action points that I can start doing and build from there. This is why I chose to become an Agile qualified Project Manger several years ago because it focuses on generating outline plans with the essentials and then delivering iteratively and regularly so when you get a good thought write it down.

We all have great thoughts that pop into our head when we're not thinking about the subject, and I find time and again, these are the nuggets that spark the best actions. I also find it an excellent way to focus, because I'm in the moment and the thoughts are new and motivating. In those few seconds my brain starts firing in that direction and speeds up my thought process.

I'm listening to an excellent 15 minute podcast on BBC iPlayer (other platforms are available usually with annoying ads...) about communication. It's snappy, (one of my favourite words - tell me what you're going to tell me and let me get on, unlike those annoyingly interminable recipe sites, again BBC Food site gets straight to the point) and interviews great speakers from a range of public life. The first one is Rob Brydon and his excellent advice. Firstly, be as concise as possible, Tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em because you remember very little of what you hear. Secondly, when you get a good thought - in his case a joke - write it down, you rarely remember it as well as the first time you think it, and it puts you in the zone to fix it in your brain and start working on it. For me it works well. I have so many unfinished versions of "structured" documents that sit there unloved and unused. I struggle to have this creative thought process on demand.

BTW, I wrote this on a 20 minute train journey when an "intrusive thought" triggered my thought process about how I could share this really effective process with others. Then another thought randomly popped into my head, so I started a simultaneous blog post on Jointly Giving When Networking. Which is a nice Segway into the next blog..  Both these started with a thought on writing down random thoughts as they occur...I wrote this on my phone so I could cut and paste to this blog. If I wrote it down in my notebook it would be ages for me to transfer it to a blog and I would have broken my own cardinal rule of "create once and re-use". By writing this on the train I've limited myself to 20 minutes of concentrated focus of spinning off my first thought.

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