Pinocchio & the Water Bomb
The Hawkeye is a mongrel blended beast half octopus & half night vision telescopic sight. It’s arrival sees the construction of our Business Chart forecast for positions into the 2-year plan together with a Job List. This permits us a grand view through the pea & ham of the coming 24 months of where we’ll be, who has which career options, where responsibilities lie & where & when the results will be achieved. There’s a reporting chain and funding realities and it all now starts linking up and coming together like polygamy. Hawkeye is also a climber; it sends out tentacles and grows in a curling frenzy. It lets us begin the Job Agreement phase, and the burning at the stake of Pinocchio.
Our son Charlie TooCool is an inventor, he’s building a water bomb catapult of the enormous variety with bamboo and ropes and car tyre tubes. I was helping a bit with the power source and we were team working but he kept drifting off and the team had to stop. So I gave him a bit of Switzer focus and then it dawned on me, so I asked the young fella .. “Have you noticed that I’ve changed a fair bit from this Business Coaching mate?” “Oh yeh Dad”. “And you think I’m sort of like a robot a bit, like always going for the focus of the day plan and the problem?” “Oh yeh Dad.” … “Same with you Charlie, I’ve noticed you changing too”. “Yeh me too Dad, it’s all good” “So for you son it’s a bit boring for me to be always in your face drilling the planning deal?” “Oh no it’s OK …. It can get a bit, well um, a bit um … well kinda well yeh you know.” … “Yeh mate I notice, I’m telling ya, the old happy go lucky Dad will be back soon, mate, there’ll be a balance, don’t you worry about that!!” Father pats son, son looks at Father lovingly and replies …. “I don’t think so Dad”.
He’ll make a great Prime Minister our boy!
COMMENTS
Jtagz08
09/10/08 10:10:27
Sweet. Breathe deep; the Strategic Intent we keep coming back to & staring at quietly wondering why everything is built upon it & do we really have that much courage. Yes it does feel fantastic! & more so as we go! As they say .. "Go hard or go home". cheers.
Sweet2th
07/10/08 18:06:45
You're right Jtagz, that clarity must feel fantastic. I've been working on my Strategic Intent document, and it seems like the curtains are opening in my mind.
Jtagz08
05/10/08 16:04:16
You are on the money Stacey, Charlie is 12 going on Hummer & should make an excellent consultant, assistant, Uni hols process worker whilst I wet the line and travel an awful lot more. We have the Switzer film crew here tomorrow and the man himself for deep and meaningful so I hope he's into the panama hat and beach chair. It is funny now that I really know what I have to do to secure independence for the company how the hell I ever imagined we would achieve it previous to this business "restoration". Now it is real but plenty of hard work ahead. cheers.
Stacey08
05/10/08 12:12:17
Kid knows his Dad!.. from what I heard on the first episode, your endgame is to have the business run independently.. so a bit more father and son backyard innovation should be in order when you're all done. Good luck ;)
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