My Dad’s Story By David Ashton My dad spent his working life in a skilled trade position in a manufacturing environment. He was the type of person that was constantly looking to develop something...
Dave Ashton is our VP of Operations and leads our "Intensive care" teams. This is a wonderful story about vision. I take a few lessons from this story...
1. Envisioning the future is not a one time activity... you refine and refocus as you go. Over time your picture becomes more clear.
2. Creating a future means carving away at things that don't fit. That takes time and work. Too often people create the picture and expect the results to appear. It does not happen that way. in work and organization change success comes from a continuous process of building the picture, working the obstacles, and admiring progress. As a leader, you have to appreciate and manage all three components.
2. The skills of seeing and doing can be learned. Dave's Dad was not born a competitive carver... he worked at it. In fact he worked at learning.