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Discussion 4 Phase 1

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Created by Sergei Takhtay on Nov 15, 2014 11:46 PM

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As the article mentioned, the biggest challenge is recognizing a problem before it causes significant problems. I would approach a problem in a similar fashion as LeMessurier did in the article. I would be suspicious of inconsistencies in my organization and I would definitely investigate them with due diligence. Attention to details is important to me. In my opinion, details reveal the hidden and the unknown. I would definitely pay attention to people that work in an area when they tell me that there are things that are behaving irregularly. I would either initiate an investigation through a third party or investigate it myself just to put my mind at ease.

I believe I already have strong Intellectual Curiosity. I constantly practice it by inquiring and learning about processes in my organization that I don’t need to know. I do that to satisfy my desire to learn and know.

A good way to practice Systemic Thinking is asking how my job fits and affects the organization as a whole from the simplest to the most complex aspect. This type of thinking allows me to see how my actions affect my organization as a whole.

I think Healthy Paranoia is the reason why good leaders are as successful as they are. It drives an individual to pay close attention to detail and focus immensely on inter working of the organization. This focus and attention to detail allows a leader to anticipate problems before they occur. I think I already captured my Healthy Paranoia by focusing on details in my career and in my education. I try to capture every possible point in my education to secure a high grade. That behavior allowed me to sustain high grades even when unexpected circumstances made me lose points.

Created by Ryan Helke on Nov 17, 2014 4:12 PM

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After reading the passege "The mindset of a problem finder" i saw that i mostly resemble the the mindset of Lemesurier. With lemesuier connecting with the student and being able to recognize the mistake he had done was definitly a great leadership example. I would approach problems in the  same manner as lemesuire did. I would listen to my employees and staff and see if they had found any possible things that could be wrong in the company or on any tasks that may be at hand. I would then look into the possible problem and find out if there really was a problem. If a problem did emerge then i would make disciplines to to people who made the mistake and then look into the company rules and programs to see if something else could be wrong. At the current moment i do posses some intellectual curiosity because i always concerned about the things i dont know. I love learning new things and being able to use them whenever possible. The only drawback is that i need to learn how to step up against my superiors and learn how to question their theories and experties. I feel like this will come over time by having more experince in the field. There are many questions to ask a systemic thinker, because there are always issues with things we do many of these issues and problems have more than one issue than what is presented on the surface. One question i would ask is "what caused the problem in the first place". Who caused the problem? Is there any other people involved with this one problem? or is there an issue with the policies that made this issue occure? I feel that every good leader should have a healthy paranoia. Without have this trait many leaders could run their company into the ground or make mistakes such as the one from the Kansas city hotel. I will capture my healthy paronia by asking questions constantly about things going on in the company to make sure everything is going smothly. I would make good ties with the employees to make it easier for them to come to me when an issue arrises.