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Leadership: Wednesday, Period 1, Class 7 (2/18/09)

"Today we're talking about problem solving," Nathan said. "As a leader, this is something you're going to have to do a lot. Step one may seem obvious, but it's something many leaders fail to do: accurately define the problem. Let's say someone comes up to you and says that they can't finish building a bridge because they ran out of money. Your people need that bridge built so you approve a higher budget. Does that solve the problem? What if the reason why the project was running out of money was because someone was stealing it? Or mismanaging the construction? Or because nobody researched to find out that you were building a bridge in the worst possible location?

"This is why the first step of problem solving is asking questions. What are the details of the problem? What's going on? Why is it happening? What do other people think about the situation?"

Nathan handed out cards with pictures on them. "Put together, all these cards tell a story. You each get one. You're not allowed to show anyone what your card is. Your assignment is to find out as much as you can about the story. Go around to your fellow students and ask them about their cards. What's on them? What's going on? Are their cards similar to yours? I'll give you a hint that they're numbered, so you may want to seek out those who have cards close to your number first, but that's not a requirement.

"Get as many details as you can. I'm here if you have any questions."

[ooc: OCD is up!]
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Re: Sign In!

[identity profile] likethestore.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
K-Mart

During the Lecture

[identity profile] 1petrelli1.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Take notes, talk about how frustrated you are...

Re: During the Lecture

[identity profile] stupid-toasters.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Lee was a touch frustrated. Sure, he was doing the long distance thing but that didn't mean other things stopped.

Until now.

Frustration evident, Lee tried to scribble notes down.
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Re: During the Lecture

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-02-18 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Force, why was everyone getting so cranky lately? Tahiri was getting better at blocking that out, mostly, but sometimes it was hard to miss.

Re: During the Lecture

[identity profile] ambassadorinara.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Inara wasn't just grumpy and frustrated and several other dwarfs; she was also trying to figure out exactly how she'd suddenly forgotten everything she ever learned overnight.

She might be more than a little distracted, yes.

Class Exercise!

[identity profile] 1petrelli1.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Find out what's on each others' cards. None of the pictures are dirty, though current Fandom events may have you wishing they were... or thinking that they are anyway.
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Re: Class Exercise!

[personal profile] weetuskenraider 2009-02-18 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . yeah, if Tahiri had noticed anything at all about the card that might've been dirty, she wasn't reacting as if she had.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] first-guardian.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ichigo eyed his card suspiciously and he couldn't help thinking that a close up of a hairy arm wasn't all that appetising.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Zayne did his best to memorize his card. Even though he didn't have any idea what Felix the Cat was.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay... this was odd... Peyton stared at her card and looked around to see what the other people might be doing.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] ambassadorinara.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Inara tried to study her card, but got distracted by thoughts of what the woman in the foreground was thinking about the man in the monocle, staring at the picture of the short man in the hat.

She sighed. Some women were doomed to want men who didn't want them, apparently.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] senor-chado.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Chad had a card.

Chad was looking at said card, and then looking at his classmates, thinking he knew he should do something, but looking almost not sure.

Re: Class Exercise!

[identity profile] likethestore.livejournal.com 2009-02-19 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
K-Mart wasn't getting any anyway, so she wasn't frustrated in the least as she looked at her card. "... Okay."

Maybe the person the arm belonged to was an egyptologist or something? Yeah, she had no clue.

Talk to Nathan

[identity profile] 1petrelli1.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
About anything BUT how frustrated you are. He sooooooooooo does not want to know.

OOC

[identity profile] 1petrelli1.livejournal.com 2009-02-18 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Assume you can listen in on other's conversations during the class exercise. Much thanks to [livejournal.com profile] wantstodirect for asking about that last time =)
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