Peril –\u00a0This is the word that keeps playing through my mind, along with the realization that no one sees it but me. I know it\u2019s not fair to say \u201cno one\u201d but you get the idea. I want people to stop telling me \u201cIt is what it is\u201d. This expression is one of the most debilitating known to mankind, excusing any effort or will to improve. I want people to see what we must do and I want for us to then work together to figure out how to get there DESPITE what is and will never change.<\/p>\n
We have to change it.<\/strong> I want to shout this on the street corner. I want to be heard.<\/p>\n I have had instances at so many levels of my life of late that seem to be renditions of this same plot. The plot that denies the need for change. That accepts what is even if it is harmful. They make me sad and full of doubt. A friend trying to change me without also recognizing the need for change on her side, or understanding it is the friendship itself that needs some change. A leader sitting quiet, and passing off things I can do to others to do poorly and so very much slower because that work is in their unit, and that is how it is done. A planning team spending time parsing out who will get the credit for what parts and pieces of the work, before we have done any work at all! Another colleague, totally missing the point of change, insisting that all we need is a win and everything will happen…when we have so many wins to share and build upon, but the standard response is to point out that that win \u201cwon\u2019t work here, now, in this circumstance\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>Everyone says \u201cwell, that won\u2019t work, this project is different (in time, in location, in owner, in budget, in color for chrissake). I often feel that my work is pointless and that change will never occur.<\/p>\n So, what is the point?<\/p>\n The point is I can\u2019t do nothing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The world is on fire, in pain. Losing species, losing drinkable water. Raped. Abused. Ignored. A<\/strong>nd we are the cause and therefore can (MUST) be the solution.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Care. Love. Respect. Consideration (I love that word). Connectivity.<\/p>\n Recognition.<\/p>\n Discovery and curiosity.<\/p>\n Why are we so afraid?<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to be a doom speaker, but I feel that maybe we need to be clearer about the peril. There is that word again. We need to focus more on the cost of NOT changing. We need to not just honor innovation and make pretty case studies of successful projects, but belittle projects that merely meet code, disengage from A+E firms that do not set goals to reach ZNE or have no clue what a carbon budget is, and not only not purchase unhealthy materials but fine the makers of them<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n
\n
\n
\n