Day: July 16, 2019

No secrets

~ osasuoviawe

Exodus 2:11-14
One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.
He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together; and he said to the man that did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

Homily:

“For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.” – Luke 8:17

Remember, and let it guide your choices.

There are no secrets. Just truths, that have not yet reached their time to be revealed.

Institutional memory

~ osasuoviawe

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana

Within this quote are 2 choices –

  1. If the past was beautiful, it is best to forget it. That way, it can be repeated.
  2. If the past was ugly, it is best to remember it. That way, it cannot be repeated.

Interestingly, organisations flip this script, when applying it to leadership change.

Organisations with a beautiful journey, have a stable Leadership Team and internal succession planning.
Organisations with an ugly journey, change the entire Leadership Team and recruit from outside.

Imagine an organisation that keeps a Leadership Team that has been through an ugly journey.
Imagine an organisation that changes a Leadership Team that has been through a beautiful journey.

Institutional memory has its uses, choose how you use it.

– Osasu Oviawe