Doh... Recording vs. Taping

I am privileged to experience new things and for the most part I embrace change.

To me, relevance is all about being malleable and adaptable to the changes happening around your environment. Change is the new constant unless one wants to live off the grid. I have an international appetite so being a locavore is out of the question. Having said that I do my little part to support the local farmers. Also, I may not be a social butterfly, I love technology that connects people.

I love my iPAD. It revolutionizes the way I do things — consume information, read on Kindle or iBook, play the piano or drums on GarageBand, video conferencing using FaceTime or Skype (depends on my boyfriend's network connectivity) and my latest fav is "Flipboard" where I feast my eyes with beautiful pictures around the world and also read the news too. I brought "the experience" from my iPAD and I love every moment of it. 

At work, I have finished recording a presentation on PowerPoint. The audio quality is subpar so I used the recording app on my iPhone to complete the recording and then attached the recording onto the PowerPoint presentation. I had asked a co-worker, senior person and veteran to review the presentation. He heard a blip on one of my slides and suggested that I re-TAPE it. I thanked him for his feedback and planned to redo the recording. That very same evening, I may not recall the context of the conversation with my roommate but I vividly recalled that I had suggested him to TAPE the TV program on the DVR.  Doh...  While my roommate comprehended my response, I might be totally incomprehensible for an individual who has not lived during the Tape -era.  I am just a tiny bit baffled that I made such a blunder.

I forgot to practice what I preached

I am happily occupied with an interesting project. One of the initiatives includes developing learning modules for the global team.  I decided on the training curriculum and assigned different members as video content creator.  I am also the creator of the first learning module.

I work closely with P on his presentation as his module is key because his presentation content builds on the knowledge acquired from the past learning modules.  He needs to weave all the knowledge learned and presents to the audience in a simple and engaging way.  At the end, there is a call to action for the global teams to present the information to their customers.  He has created a very personable and engaging presentation that I believe will be well received when we rollout his learning video.

Consistently, I always tell my team that I prefer to hash out details and make adjustment accordingly before sharing information with the outside the team. I have established a good rapport and understanding with my team that they can voice their opinion and share their positive or negative or neutral feedback.  I asked P and was respectfully told that I was regimented and stiff after he had listened to my video recording. Since then I have made adjustment to my video. Now, I am anxious to hear the feedback after it is released at the end of the month.

The irony is I have been pounding at P to create an engaging presentation and to avoid coming across as a factoid overload type of technical presentation. Yet, it only donned to me much later that I did not practice what I preached.  I did not lead by example. Shame on me as a leader!