Wk 4: Reading - The Art of Possbility - Response to Jerusha Hufsteller

Wk 4 Reading: The Art of Possibility - Response to Jerusha Hufsteller

Original Post by Jerusha Hufsteller
Wk 4 Reading: Art of Possibility Chapters 9-12

Vision is a word used to explain what people would like to see happen in a particular area for the future. Before reading the Art of Possibility I believed myself to be a visionary. It isn’t hard to look at situations on imagine what could happen, or how to get from one point to the next. Perhaps my understanding of vision is not fully correct. Zander describes the idea of having a vision to be a framework for possibility (p. 168). However, within this framework a certain criteria must be met (p. 168). One criterion made me challenge my own personal visions for my life. A vision with possibility, Zander explains, is “stated as a picture for all time…no specific of time, place, audience, or product.” There should be a openness to allowing a dream/vision to grow into new stages, and not be kept in a box. This is someone I would like to grow into for my own personal life.

Posted by Jerusha at 12:17 PM

1 comment:

Brett Wilson said...
I appreciated Zander’s words we he wrote, “The foremost challenge for leaders today, we suggest, is to maintain clarity to stand confidently in the abundant universe of possibility, no matter how fierce the competition, no matter how dark the necessity to go for the short-term goal, no matter how fearful people are, and no matter how urgently the wolf may appear to howl at the door. It is to have the courage and persistence to distinguish the downward spiral from the radiant realm of possibility in the face of any challenge” (p. 162)

As you suggested in your post, sometimes the challenge is our own narrow view of possibility or at other times, it is the outside forces coming against as Zander points out. Regardless, it does take courage to live into that vision. However, when passion drives the ship, the obstacles seem to disappear and the realization of the vision seems all but possible. I hope this comes true for you and for all of us in the EMDT program.

May 25, 2011 7:18 AM

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