A couple of days ago, for no real reason, I turned the opposite direction when I got to the end of my driveway. I found myself traveling my normal route "backwards." Initially it was a little disorienting. The farther I went, however, the more I recognized the difference it was making. I was noticing things I had not seen before even though I have walked by them hundreds of times. I was taking things in from a new perspective. Things looked different. Not better or worse, but different. After the initial disorientation it was exciting and refreshing to see things in a new way.
In what ways as leaders do we often find ourselves operating in routines? We get comfortable with the familiar. We like the predictability. We develop unintentional habits. We find what works in one situation and stick with it.
How much more effective might we be if we occasionally stepped outside our routines? What new perspectives might be get? What might we see that we've been missing? Could we reinvigorate some of what we do with some exciting and refreshing new ideas? What would happen if we walked the route we walk each day as a leader, but did it "backwards?"
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