Perspectives Transform Results

Perspective Design Waterford Ireland Spatial Meagher
Are you a person of habits? Routines are much like old slippers--they make us feel good. Habits work for or against us. For instance, good organizational habits keep us on target for daily work and long range plans...generating a path to success. On the other hand, habits can narrow our perspectives. Are your lenses clouded by routines? Want to change that?

Consider this scene... I saw a man, part of a tour group, point an expensive camera straight at Thomas Meagher's statue in Waterford, Ireland, to frame his shot. He was fairly close to the horseman, so he obviously had a typical tourist photo as a result, even though he had expensive equipment.

When I arrived in Waterford, I snapped a photo from my hotel window because the statue makes a statement in the midst of today's bustling traffic and economy.

At first glace, the photo looks fine, but not extraordinary. Since my view out the window is different than the tourist's at ground level, I had some advantage to capture this shot.

Not satisfied, though... I wondered how I could find an even better point of view -- one that might draw a "wow" from other folks -- even that tourist.

I thought about angles... A really close shot might give a different perspective altogether, but none were "gripping." Note the red geraniums in front of Meagher. Absoute intensity of geranium red... life in contrast to stone and steel...adds vitality my first picture lacked.

Red flowers, lifted sword--Meagher's words--Abhor the sword—stigmatize the sword? No, my lord, for at its blow, a giant nation started from the waters of the Atlantic, and by its redeeming magic, and in the quivering of its crimson light, the crippled colony sprang into the attitude of a proud Republic—prosperous, limitless, and invincible! -- Think about it!

Do you walk into your workplace with a routinized outlook? Where will that take you? Is it time for you to distinguish yourself from others in the pack?

Tap into your brain to create innovative and unique perpectives at your organization. Here's a few tips to start:

* Go overseas to explore how others accomplish similar tasks

* Discuss your process and outcomes with experts from different fields

* Ask workers what they would change if they could

* Consider your keywords in relation to competitors'

Are you in a comfort zone or already looking through a new lens?