Comments on: Take a Quantum Leap http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Marathon Running | forimpact.org http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-32355 Marathon Running | forimpact.org Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:51:11 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-32355 [...] Somewhere between miles 7-15 my body says, “Stop! You idiot!” The distance part is mostly mental. In fact, I think much of training is really conditioning your mind to know what pain is real and what is not. What amazes me is that your mind can go far past that bar set by your body. So far in fact that it leads to more questions like, “Is there a bar in the first place?” [Lots of linked thinking to Quantum Leap] [...] [...] Somewhere between miles 7-15 my body says, “Stop! You idiot!” The distance part is mostly mental. In fact, I think much of training is really conditioning your mind to know what pain is real and what is not. What amazes me is that your mind can go far past that bar set by your body. So far in fact that it leads to more questions like, “Is there a bar in the first place?” [Lots of linked thinking to Quantum Leap] [...]

]]> By: Nick Fellers http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-22455 Nick Fellers Fri, 08 May 2009 13:32:19 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-22455 @Ricardo Sierra, Q1: I think it's more fiscally responsible to make a quantum leap than not. You can't think about failure in terms of misusing money when it comes to quantum leaps. Failure in quantum leap terms means knowing where you stand in relation to the goal and if you're not getting there... re-designing again. I think FAILURE in the sense of fiscal irresponsibility is NOT leaping and instead slowly bleeding in mediocrity. Q2. Vision! Leadership! People! Hard to make a leap without a clear vision. Leaping is about faith and determination. If you knew without a doubt you were going to get there then it would not be a leap. A great leader knows what a LEAP looks like (or can envision it) and will inspire others to jump with... think: Steve Jobs, Wendy Kopp (Teach for America) or Kennedy (Man on the moon). And, finally, it requires great people -- this is all about attitude. This is Jim Collins' bus metaphor. A Quantum Leap is about Vision and Attitude -- which DETERMINE strategy and tactics. In this post Tom was sharing (1) some quotes -- and he said as much. (2) No one changes the world by safe tweaking and (3) the entire website is peppered with stories of failure and success -- The Open Coaching is 80% stories. Here's a great story about Quantum Leap that I just read this morning: Flip Video: Wrong, Wrong, Wrong and then, So Right This is what failure looks like @ $590M payout. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/19/flip-video-wrong-wrong-wrong-and-then-so-so-right/ If the team is that reluctant to pursue the quantum leap then you have (1) the wrong leader or (2) no clear vision or (3) the wrong team. @Ricardo Sierra, Q1: I think it’s more fiscally responsible to make a quantum leap than not. You can’t think about failure in terms of misusing money when it comes to quantum leaps. Failure in quantum leap terms means knowing where you stand in relation to the goal and if you’re not getting there… re-designing again. I think FAILURE in the sense of fiscal irresponsibility is NOT leaping and instead slowly bleeding in mediocrity.

Q2. Vision! Leadership! People!
Hard to make a leap without a clear vision. Leaping is about faith and determination. If you knew without a doubt you were going to get there then it would not be a leap. A great leader knows what a LEAP looks like (or can envision it) and will inspire others to jump with… think: Steve Jobs, Wendy Kopp (Teach for America) or Kennedy (Man on the moon). And, finally, it requires great people — this is all about attitude. This is Jim Collins’ bus metaphor.

A Quantum Leap is about Vision and Attitude — which DETERMINE strategy and tactics. In this post Tom was sharing (1) some quotes — and he said as much. (2) No one changes the world by safe tweaking and (3) the entire website is peppered with stories of failure and success — The Open Coaching is 80% stories.

Here’s a great story about Quantum Leap that I just read this morning:
Flip Video: Wrong, Wrong, Wrong and then, So Right
This is what failure looks like @ $590M payout.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/19/flip-video-wrong-wrong-wrong-and-then-so-so-right/

If the team is that reluctant to pursue the quantum leap then you have (1) the wrong leader or (2) no clear vision or (3) the wrong team.

]]> By: Julie Crisp http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-22396 Julie Crisp Thu, 07 May 2009 20:49:40 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-22396 The Winston Churchill quotation is my current motto, so I guess I must be ready for a quantum leap! The Winston Churchill quotation is my current motto, so I guess I must be ready for a quantum leap!

]]> By: Nick Fellers http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-22382 Nick Fellers Thu, 07 May 2009 15:57:18 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-22382 @Ronke, Thanks for your comment. It's always cool to see how far the message travels. We'll continue the nuggets coming!!! @Ronke, Thanks for your comment. It’s always cool to see how far the message travels. We’ll continue the nuggets coming!!!

]]> By: Ronke http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-22200 Ronke Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:18 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-22200 I know these quotes and nuggets are powerful. Thinking about them can result in great audacious ideas that some would wonder if you have run nuts. But they are true. One thing I have regretted is not being able to participate in your programmes for some reasons. But I know the opportunity will come one day as I continue to "think out of the box". Thanks for sharing them. Ronke, Abuja, Nigeria I know these quotes and nuggets are powerful. Thinking about them can result in great audacious ideas that some would wonder if you have run nuts. But they are true.

One thing I have regretted is not being able to participate in your programmes for some reasons. But I know the opportunity will come one day as I continue to “think out of the box”.

Thanks for sharing them.

Ronke, Abuja, Nigeria

]]> By: Ricardo Sierra http://www.forimpact.org/2009/05/take_a_quantum_leap.php/comment-page-1#comment-22196 Ricardo Sierra Tue, 05 May 2009 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.forimpact.org/?p=2453#comment-22196 First Question: At what point does the issue of fiscal responsibility to your organization and your employees kick in when talking about making quantum leaps? Is there a better time to make a quantum leap than other times? Second Question: How do you actually prepare your team/staff/board of directors and community to make a quantum leap in thinking? In other words, all of your quotes and sound bite points are great and inspiring, but they don't really give us any guideline towards creating a culture of quantum leap thinking individuals, and the reality is, many people are stuck in a fear based, cover your ass, minimize risks, etc mindset. So that is a hole to be filled in this strategy, which is focused almost exclusively on 'just doing it' and 'keep failing' etc. Maybe you could give us some concrete examples of organizations and groups that made a quantum leap, and how they sold the idea of their BHAG to their stakeholders, and how they failed and what happened when they failed, and then hopefully, what happened when they succeeded? Short inspiring quotes are great, but when it comes to creating a strategy, it helps to have a little better guide, in my opinion. Oh, yeah, I forgot. You shouldn't have a plan or strategy either, you should just jump and enjoy the freefall, and knit a parachute on the way down! I am just joking about that last part! First Question: At what point does the issue of fiscal responsibility to your organization and your employees kick in when talking about making quantum leaps? Is there a better time to make a quantum leap than other times?

Second Question: How do you actually prepare your team/staff/board of directors and community to make a quantum leap in thinking?

In other words, all of your quotes and sound bite points are great and inspiring, but they don’t really give us any guideline towards creating a culture of quantum leap thinking individuals, and the reality is, many people are stuck in a fear based, cover your ass, minimize risks, etc mindset. So that is a hole to be filled in this strategy, which is focused almost exclusively on ‘just doing it’ and ‘keep failing’ etc.

Maybe you could give us some concrete examples of organizations and groups that made a quantum leap, and how they sold the idea of their BHAG to their stakeholders, and how they failed and what happened when they failed, and then hopefully, what happened when they succeeded?

Short inspiring quotes are great, but when it comes to creating a strategy, it helps to have a little better guide, in my opinion. Oh, yeah, I forgot. You shouldn’t have a plan or strategy either, you should just jump and enjoy the freefall, and knit a parachute on the way down!

I am just joking about that last part!

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