Monday - I start my week meeting another partner in a coffee shop, sharing background and areas of focus, before going to meet a CIO to talk about his digital transformation agenda. Let's pause for a moment - I'm getting an hour of a senior leader's time from one of the largest, most advanced and globally integrated organisations in the world. It goes well, I learn a whole bunch of stuff and he connects with me on linked in afterwards so I made an impact. I walk from here in the sunshine to the office, a bit of time in the day to think, breathe and top up on Vitamin D. I spend a bit of time talking about starting a Revolution in the office, make some people feel happy and then go to another FTSE 5 organisation to talk to their Head of IT Security, who suggests amongst other things that we co-create an offering to take to market. This is a good work day and I'm hugely energised by the reach and quality of people I've spent the day with.
Tuesday - a bit more internally focused, starting with a big meeting on whether to take a new offering to a client where my views are listened to and I can make some helpful interventions. I watch the room - it's engaged and focused. From here its lunch with another Revolutionary, then a few emails, some good client calls and I finish off over a glass of wine taking about whether we can put forward a compelling offering which would be seen as a game changer. Only 3 partners have been singled out to assess the opportunity, I'm one of the trusted few. In between this some frustrations over internal emails about short term operational minutia - the stuff that really gets my back up as it completely overlooks the long term. The less time looking in the better in this organisation.
Wednesday - so what's interesting is that today I have a relatively free day and have chosen to work at home, primarily as Scooby is going in for his operation. I found it really difficult to knuckle down to work and managed to fritter away the time. In reality I had some useful calls and organised myself but it didn't feel as productive as it might have been and I realise that working at home all the time would not be my thing. Good insight - add it to the list! I also find on a WFH day that I often struggle to fit in any proper exercise. It's like I have loads of time but less structure and so don't get myself sorted. I am a girl who likes a proper structure to the day...
Thursday - also at home, but today I have lots of calls and some ideas burning which means the day is much more productive. One call (more later) proves to be particularly helpful in the question of purpose...
Friday - the long bank holiday weekend, yippee! However, on a normal week this would be my close out day, the final day of the week where I work from home, close stuff out, take some time to think about whether I've made progress, make those phone calls I didn't manage to squeeze in elsewhere. I need to be honest here. I have a huge amount of flexibility as to where, when and with whom I work. We are a mobile workforce and so I can be anywhere - there is no need for me to be in an office other than to connect, and let's face it - I need that for a good part of the week and for what I do. I hate the commute, but I use it well, and if I wanted to spend more time reflecting and less time 'working' in that window that's fine as well. Travelling first class now makes a difference as well. I also prefer the types of clients I get in London. It's all about balancing the highs and lows...
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