Exercise 7 reflections

1. Do I understand the project’s operations better. YES for 2 reasons. 1) The diagram helped thinking on the main stakeholders and highlighted I need to write a better value equation for each. 2) Recent advice has handed me a serious rethinking about the project AND recently announced changes in the company will have a large impact on the project if I attempt to try it out on the organization I work for.

2. How much have I revised my project? I am going to have to significantly rewrite my project because of the above.

3. Did I find problem areas? Yes, I have found many engagement functions are no longer running in big companies and don’t know why? Do they outgrow the initiatives, does it run out of interest, energy. Have some ideas but haven’t formulated solutions yet.

4. Did the exercise change my motivation to ask for advice? It reinforced how important it is to get as many perspectives as is practical because the situation in each organization will be unique in ways that the solution will have to be modified to fit the organization to increase chances of success.