What if the producers of the nationally known DISCOVERY CHANNEL knocked on your door and announced that “YOU” are going to be their first “WHO AM I?” special television “personality”!  Well…I would understand if your first instinct would be to quickly slam and lock the door…RIGHT?!  But for this unique TRIPLE III TIME message-moment, let’s seriously think about the knowledge, skill and experiences value of doing an adult-years self-assessment labeled:  WHO AM I?

First, I believe it would be wise to think back to your basic starting jobs and then compare those jobs to where you are today in the world of work.  Consider what learnings that you have chosen to carry-over from opportunity to new opportunity.

Do these carry-over learnings help answer:  WHO AM I?

Next review your travels, home location changes, job related movements, and what major factors have contributed to shaping you.  Do you enjoy a regular geographic and/or home ownership change?  Is/has “home” always been nearly in the same location?  Does relocation to a new town, state, suburb or forest make you excited or cause you grief?

Would the DISCOVERY CHANNEL viewers enjoy this:  WHO AM I? segment?

The final self-assessment area to utilize would be to somehow rank personal and professional areas of achievement.  For example would you assess your education status as your most important achievement factor…or your family and all the positives it brings to you.  Or what about your job credentials/positions that you have had?  Truly all of these self-assessment discoveries are critically important to accurately respond to the BIG question:  WHO AM I?

Ok…ok it is time to wake up from the DISCOVERY CHANNEL dream (or maybe nightmare) and get to the real purpose of this non-traditional TRIPLE III TIME message!

The simple III take-aways from honestly…periodically completing a WHO AM I? self-assessment are contained in this SUPER 5 DISCOVERIES list:

1. Don’t duplicate life efforts but better use all of what you have!
2. Make great choices of those individuals you surround yourself with!
3. Calculate job changes based on valued NEW learning potential.
4. Think independently as a life requirement.
5. Be accurate and honest during any self-assessment… and always be proud of discovering: WHO AM I!

It is always interesting as you “grow-up” and remember some of the special learning points shared by your parents.  One of the main directives that came from my Mom was:  “If you don’t have something good to say about someone or something… don’t say anything at all”.  I will bet a lot of readers of this TRIPLE III TIME message can remember this or some similar quote from a family leader… right?!

Well today before I get into the real important parts of this blog…I think that given our interesting times and multiple options for getting the word out… if we really followed Ma’s suggestion there may be a bit more silence in our world… do you think?!

Ok enough of that…it’s time to stress:  Finding The GOOD!

Today with our tremendous worldly expansion of communication methods and styles… it is very difficult to accurately see the various sides to every issue.  Example issue impactors may be geographic location, past experiences, local finances, regional culture, religious concerns, population ages, political beliefs… and possible a whole lot more.  The result is that only YOU personally and professionally become the key to make it a standard practice to reflect on ALL sides of particular problems/issues or actions and in so doing:  Finding The GOOD!

I will not deny that often it is very challenging to achieve Finding The GOOD! in many situations. But today let’s think about trying a few common sense TRIPLE III TIME suggestions:

• Take time to “see” a bigger picture.
• Use patience as a professional tool to see more of the situation.
• Be ready to see a view you did not think existed.
• Research other sources that you may not have used before.
• Don’t allow someone else’s short timeframes to be your only timeframes.
• Finally don’t be afraid to JUST SAY “IT”:  Possibly your “authenticity” when purposefully Finding The GOOD may be just what people need to hear.

Let me know how it works!

One of the most important continuing evolutionary factors in today’s workplace world is the challenge of innovatively Growing As A LEARNING Organization!

​“Organizational learning is the process by which an organization improve itself through gaining experience and using that experience to create knowledge. The knowledge created is then transferred within the organization. This type of learning benefits both individuals, teams and the organization as a whole. There are also positive intra-organizational benefits to this approach.”  (2025 Valanis Group)

So given this definition… let’s ask this important TRIPLE III TIME question: do you lead your group as a LEARNING organization and/or do you belong to a LEARNING organization??

In so many situations… individual learning no matter how effective… does not guarantee organizational learning.  Even when many individuals in a company are being trained well and continually…. the company as a whole doesn’t really get the greater value.  Employee networking, communicating, teaming and blending critical thinking are sometimes given only a “second thought” priority and unfortunately lessens the benefit of Growing As A LEARNING Organization.   In order to proactively respond to an always changing personal and workplace environment, more emphasis needs to be placed on cooperative thinking and experimenting with futuristic options for greater product and/or service development.

Growing As A LEARNING Organization requires an inclusive style of management and an open, progressive communication process that engages all in try–out innovativity.  Strict routines, uniform skill-sets and only “one-right-way” of operation/production… no longer fits in our fast-paced, higher-tech world of work and tomorrow’s jobs in both the public and private sectors.