8 June Self-Renewal (....remembered for?)

[Paul Terlemezian]

Drucker poses the question:

 

What do you want to be remembered for?

 

How might this be used by training organizations to motivate students or training department employees?

 

Would it work in each class to ask students or elearners to answer that question before beginning the class? We often use a variation of that - something like - What are you expecting to learn? or What would make this a great class for you?

 

Perhaps the question could be: "What are you prepared to do so that this will be a great class for you?

 

The industrial era established thinking patterns where the "automation of the process" created the desired results and humans were conditioned to the notion of being just a "cog in the wheel."

 

The Knowledge Era requires different thinking patterns - ones which embrace the human as much more than a cog. Perhaps variations of this question can inspire the actions that will invigorate our intentions?