Thinking outside the box

Posted for Friday, 19 March

Marietjie Schutte’s presentation, what I saw of it (as I took ill half-way through), was informative and interesting. However, after some Immodium and rest for an hour, I was back at it again. The issue of trust in organisations was highlighted. Prof. Johannes Cronje’s session was the most interesting of the entire day. Delivered during the graveyard shift of the day and week, his humour was refreshing ... after a while you realized that he could just stand there and his appearance would be humorous, a bit like Rowan Atkinson (aka Mr. Bean). Anyway, along with the humour, came valuable information and insight into thinking outside the box. I discovered more abot my intellectual, personal and professional behaviour. I’m a “diverger” according to one of the tests we did for him. This was VERY insightful. It explained why my desk is ALWAYS a disaster. Why I have soo many ideas and think laterally ALL the time. I’m essentially an ideas person, but am so divergent that I need someone firmly grounded in reality to keep my feet on terra firma.