Respond to 2 colleagues 1 paragraph each Colleague Wk5D1

Respond to at least two of your colleagues – try to select someone whose results differ from your own. Your responses should include, at a minimum, the following, based on what you have learned from the activity:

· A summary of what you think the implications are, based on the comparisons that your colleague made.

· An explanation of why there are differences in results, and any steps that can be taken to address the implications of these differences

Perhaps you have a sibling who remembers shared childhood experiences very differently from how you recall them. It can seem surprising that two people who grew up in the same family could have such different perspectives. Or, consider another setting—that of a traffic accident. When police officers arrive and take information from witnesses, the multiple accounts can be quite different. One witness may claim that the vehicle ran through a red stoplight, whereas another witness feels certain that the light was still green. These situations, in which people perceive the same event very differently, happen frequently. Every person has a unique view of the environment, and people make sense of the world in different ways.

This happens in business settings as well. These different perspectives can result from various factors, such as having diverse roles in a company, or having different backgrounds or training. Think about how you have reacted in situations when this has occurred and whether it has made you question your own perspective.

As you review Senge’s chapter on “Mental Models” and the class notes “A Brief Note on the Theory of Constraints” (located in this week’s resources), think about constraints that you may experience in your daily life.

This week’s Shared Practice is slightly different from what you are used to in this course. You will participate in a Card Deck Activity that is designed to have you consider the impact of focus on decision making.

Then, by Day 7 you will return to the Shared Practice forum and read through the posts and respond to two or more of your colleagues.

These are my Results:

Day 2 looking at the Card Deck my results are:

2- Spade

6 Club

K Spade

5 Diamond

9 Heart

A Spade

6 Spade

K Diamond

10 Diamond

3 Heart

7 Heart

J Heart

1st Colleague to respond to:

Round 1

1. 2 diamond

2. 6 club

3. King of spade

4. 3 diamond

5. 9 heart

6. Ace of spade

7. 6 spade

8. King of diamond

9. 10 diamond

10. 3 spade

11. 7 heart

12. Queen of heart

13. 8 spade

14. 6 diamond

15. nothing

2nd Colleague to respond to:

I only received 14 cards, but I believed between cards 4 and 6 is where I missed one.

1. 2 of Diamonds, 2. 6 of Clubs, 3. King of Spades, 4, 5 of Diamonds, 5. Could not identify 6. Could not identify, 7. Ace of Hearts, 8. 6 of Spades, 9. King of Diamonds, 10. 10 of Diamonds, 11. 3 of Spades, 12. 7 of Hearts, 13. Queen of Hearts, 14. 8 of Spades, 15. 6 of Hearts