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Over the past three years, I have been accumulating certifications one after another, read a lot of strategics books (perhaps imposter syndrome ;-)) in order to stay constantly abreast of global movements and trends and help leaders navigate the uncertainty, complexity, and rapid evolution of AI. My goal is to raise and broaden leaders' awareness of themselves, their environment and their surroundings, use more critical thinking and involve their teams in stragegic reflexion. I love learning and using powerful tools, which is why I'm interested in Easy Revention Lab. I never get enough! However, I take so many courses and acquire so much information that I feel paralyzed and have trouble to take a step back, integrate and take action where it really matters.

Day 1 Homework:

Steps 1 to 3 allowed me to settle down and try to better understand my fears and challenges, and make a plan that makes sense, with real intentions. I'm going to make it very visible on my desk in order to condition myself to achieve my new goals.

Day 2 Homework:

Helped me identify what is really important to my clients today compared to “before” and identify what the client needs to hear, with concrete and meaningful examples that I will use to help them understand that they need to act now.

Day 3 Homework:

Helped me identify the concrete elements I need to focus on and achieve in the very short term. When I observe my feelings as I look at the results of the exercise, I feel much more comfortable and my fears have greatly diminished. It's just fantastic!

And when I think about it, I really feel like the cobbler with no shoes...

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For @teresa, sharing her impact/readiness to becoming a ceramic artist

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For @teresa, sharing her impact/readiness to becoming a ceramic artist

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So proud of my sister! I created a zoom impact readiness whiteboard so we could discuss this together.

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I ran this exercise as if I would run it with an existing client. It gave me clarity on how to further sharpen my offering as a consultant to meet the needs of my potential buyers and support them in their reinvention journey.

I have also been thinking a lot about what is the difference between REINVENTION and Transformation. And why in particular Dr. Nadya chose this word.

In 2018 I was in a Digital Business Transformation Executive Leadership program (like an MBA type year-long program). "Transformation" was THE buzz word of the digital platform era. It no longer applies because it stands for top-down, one-time project change initiative.

While today, organizations need to be reinventing their DNA on a continuous, cyclical way. Which is the definition of REINVENTION.

I'm locked in. Drank the juice.

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Day 3 was excellent.

The stories of Adeliah and the Dr were inspiring with the application across industries.

The best part of this Tool is that it is then easy to prioritize as the facts are made very clear.

The diagram is shown in the second photo, see below LinkedIn.

It need to prepare for a weekly LinkedIn info blog.

It is also clear that discarding webinars with no networking will free up a great deal of time.

The focus and planning of Systems will freetime and increase focus.

Thank you the Reinvention Team and fellow participants.

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I waas working on a case from a company I worked previously. Task from day3 helped me better understand where the company actually has the most value. I realized that the biggest strength is not only production, but company's ability to solve complex technical challenges for their clients. It also clearly shows the risk of being highly dependent on one customer and the importance of gradually diversifying the portfolio of clients.

The task also showed me that it is so important for the company to present its references and constantly build visibility in the industry, because trust and proven competencies are often what decide whether you win new projects.

I formed a clearer direction: the company needs to develop as a reliable partner for complex interior projects in yachting and luxury environments, while at the same time building a broader and more stable portfolio of clients.

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Day 3: Product Design Agency to Micro-Colleague

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Day 3: Product Design Agency to Micro-Colleague

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I love the tools from Day 2 and 3. Today, I was going back and forth between them.

I have been working on reinventing my product design/ human-centered design expertise/ career. With these tools and recent feedback I hear startups and small businesses in Seattle, I decided to pilot this service: Product Design Micro-colleague. I will work alongside you on your user research and product development, so you are not alone in your budget-restricted org. While you cannot afford a product agency and months-long project, neither an additional FTE, I will be there with you for first collaborative call (and in person if you are in Seattle) to tick off your priority of the week together, you can watch and learn the advanced user research/ design tools, get warmth to fight that solitude and boost your product confidence without getting lost in tools, agents, workload. FEEDBACK welcomed :)

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I'm old enough to be prioritizing my life impact goals. Two that are unfinished:

1. Re-Design the Bottom Line. (Financial ROI won't make my world better. What "returns" do make my life fulfilling?) I did a national conference workshop on it, which sparked next steps. I see a way to build it into a local, "easier" project.

2. "Consumer Reports Marketing." (Have experts research/validate/promote the outcomes of my work, rather than self-promote.) This also fits the local project...

++ Impact/Readiness Pilot:

"Green Power" Workshop and Follow-Up Sessions/Coaching. My local "Green" organization is a member of the statewide Green coalition. I'll propose a local pilot and seek their help in designing and leading a statewide version. They will help choose whether "New Bottom Line" and/or "Consumer Reports Marketing" serve this Real-Time Action Learning toward "saving the world." 😉

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Day 3 done. Sharing my matrix in case it helps anyone still working through theirs.

The two things that hit hardest for me:

1. I've been leading with "innovation" everywhere. The market doesn't buy innovation right now, it buys growth and transformation. Same work, completely wrong vocabulary.

2. I've been calling my last 18 months "consulting." That's apparently a label that creates distance with operator-track hiring managers. The fix: stop naming the firm, start naming the clients and outcomes.

The Impact Readiness Matrix made both of those visible in a way that two months of reflection hadn't.

Thank you for this community!

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Day 3, homework: Making Energy Projects Actually Happen in Africa

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Day 3, homework: Making Energy Projects Actually Happen in Africa

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My Insight:

Africa is very important for the future of clean energy. But changing our energy systems needs more than just big dreams. My big lesson today was about Sorting and Prioritizing.

In my work, an idea is only a "Winner" if it is powerful (High Impact) AND we are actually ready to do it (High Readiness). Many great projects in Africa fail because we aren't honest about the "Readiness"—like having the right laws or enough money. We need to focus on the "Double Plus" (+/+) ideas: the ones that work well and can be started right now.

My Takeaway:

Being clear is the bridge between a dream and a powered community. To succeed in 2026, we must choose the projects we are truly ready to win.

My Action:

I am looking at my consulting plans again. I will focus on local energy solutions (like solar) that are ready to start right now in African markets.

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Mapping out a canvas was revelatory in ways that while Exec Presence, Building High-Performing teams, etc. were super key in bringing leadership development and exec coaches in the past; it is going to be more important to develop leaders who have reinvention capability, have adaptive leadership style and are future fit with AI-augmented approach.

Also, while in the past, change management was something that was outsourced to subject matter experts, execs now need to understand and know how to lead teams through reinvention cycles with humanity.

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I studied Customer needs canvas with great curiosity some years back but never thougt i can use it for my own reinvention. I decided that i focus on self reinvention even though i meant to do it for work at first.

I identified the parameters that are important to me at the time and were important to me in past but i was not aware of it. The ones i wrote down are:

Uncertenty

Pushing my self (out of comfort zone)

Communication - standing my opinion

Living for/in today

Healthy lifestyle (food, sport, books)

Finding innet peace to wind down

Living fearless

With the canvas i see i already have higher importancy for these key parameters that i want to improve to be beter self. It really showed me how much my focus has shifted toward my own peace and personal growth.

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From the Project Exodus meeting for Addicts in Recovery and Supporters of Addicts. 13:00-14:30 EST 2026/3/9. See Project Exodus and Reinvention Handbook Photos above

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What was a fantastic insight was that the in the past I have been an enabler instead of encouraging clients/co-workers. The growth I have enabled was dependency, without being able to clarify responsibility, roles or to create situations for insight and real empowerment to flourish.

This control has hampered growth in others. Also fascilitation has been hampered because clients/others have not been free to develop fully.

I have been trying to see if there is a way to include others in the Reinvention Model. It looks like it would possibly need to be 3-D.

The other vectors impacting on this model are beliefs and previous ways of working.

My systems will need to be developed from scratch.

Beginning of an adventure!!

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Over the past five years, the factors driving business decisions have shifted significantly. While value-added services have remained consistently important, several other aspects have evolved rapidly.

Efficiency and time have become increasingly critical, reflecting the demand for faster processes and quicker outcomes. At the same time, return on investment (ROI) has grown from a secondary consideration to a central priority in decision-making.

One of the most dramatic shifts has been the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the importance of technology upgrades, both moving from relatively low importance in the past to a high and sustained priority today and into the future. Businesses are clearly recognising the need to integrate advanced technologies to stay competitive.

Flexibility has also emerged as a major requirement, highlighting the need for adaptable systems, services, and partnerships in a rapidly changing environment. Meanwhile, competition is expected to intensify in the coming years, further pushing organisations to differentiate themselves.

Interestingly, while novelty and newness were once highly valued, their relative importance is expected to stabilise as innovation becomes more standardised and widely adopted.

Overall, the trend shows a clear shift toward technology-driven efficiency, measurable value, and adaptable service delivery as the defining priorities for the future.

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A little different angle from most of you: I'm applying the reinvention tools to my own career, not a brand or a company. I'm repositioning from "innovation executive" to "Global Growth & Transformation Executive" after 15 years+ at ABI, Diageo, and Danone.

The Three Buckets exercise was clarifying. I listed 11 fears about the repositioning. 10 of the 11 landed in Control or Influence. The one I released: that AI transformation roles will go to technical profiles. True, not worth the energy.

The real shift: I had been treating market acceptance as something outside my control. The exercise reminded me that the market can only respond to what I put in front of it. The story I tell is mine to write.

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I realized that the pace at which change is happening in the world is deeply frightening for me. The opportunity to name it and understand it helps me see that I need to regain direction and intention. So, while I have no control over the speed of transformation, I do have control over the clarity I give to myself in my pursue of a professional evolution (reinvention). I realized that my reinvention process is two-fold. On the one hand, it is about the need to integrate my story in a comprehensive and coherent way, and, on the other allow that story to be the foundation of what I can offer through the consultancy firm that I want to start. I look forward to learning more and applying the tools for my process. This is exciting!

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As I reflected on my fears and degree of control, it made sense to also be clear where the answers are not black and white.

I turned my responses into a little map where I flagged which of my fears overlapped into the next area, i.e. 50% under my influence, 50% out of my control, etc.

Which next invites some rigorous and playful disaggregation, reflection, and planning...

What parts of a feared-outcome are under my control or influence, and which are not?

Which specific tactics, habits, resources, partners, etc. could help solve more than one problem / address more than one fear?

What early indicators allow me to anticipate each of these fears coming true in time to adapt?

What manageable changes can I make now to shift or reinvent my approach in a way that minimizes the likelihood of those fears coming true--at least the parts under my control or influence?

When will I pause assess how those changes are working, then adjust course where needed and continue?

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The challenge to work on this week:

As I approach the first anniversary of my firm, Amaranth Consulting, am focused on shifting from passive word of mouth (benefiting from good luck and good reputation) to an active new client pipeline development strategy. This will include building an interesting/inspiring combined teaser training series, client pitch, and prospect screening.

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I am taking this class to get some clarity about what I want to do in my own life. I recently retired from a 29 year career of teaching art in Colorado. My husband and I sold our home in Colorado and moved to New Mexico. I need to find a new career path and, at this point, I have no clear goal of what that might be. This is one of the causes of my anxiety. I could focus on becoming an artist and hope that I can make enough to cover my future healthcare costs, or I could go in a completely different direction and search for a position that will cover those costs and still allow me to have some time to make my art. Doing the bucket exercise made me realize that the political climate and the economy are two things that are out of my control but are also the greatest causes of my anxiety. I currently have a decent retirement income but that could change with what is happening in our world.

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I've been trying the same things that have worked in the past and they no longer do.

I understand now that it's not that I'm doing them wrong or not trying hard enough.

I'm afraid of running out of ideas, never worknig again, but it all leads to running out of money and not having the freedom to live life the way I want.

I have influence over all these things.

So my action is to generate as many alternative approaches as possible and to try one different approach each week. Starting this week by attending this Lab :-)

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As a seasoned manager and now business coach and consultant, the increasing pace of change resonates with what I saw happening in multinationals. Focus shifted from flawless execution to get things done even if not perfect. The cost of perfection is unsustainable vs continuous improvement and remodeling. As far as the Day 1 exercise, almost all fears can be tamed by personal action or looking for others’ support.

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As I grappled with the fears I had listed, I realised that fear is a false narrative. False, in that whilst something may happen, it also might not. And focusing on fear is a wasted energy - rather direct that energy to a positive perspective of learning which I have always maintained is our human super-power. This simple exercise reinforced (again...) something that we mostly know, but often forget which is that we have more agency over our circumstances and lives than we think.

Interestingly, whilst many things we list as fears might be outside of our control, our response is usually inside our control, so getting our mindset right to respond positively is a large portion of the battle won.

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What we are experiencing is happening everywyere.

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What we are experiencing is happening everywyere.

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Being in the reinvention business it was good to be refreshed on the things I take for granted and to fast-track interventions. Send out the promo mail today instead of in one month's time. The initial results are encouraging and confirmed that it is the correct intervention to aviate possible fears I had. https://bizplanweb-tjzqth7f.manus.space/#overview

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1M-10K Initiative: Project Plan Visualizer

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A modern, professional, and interactive static webpage to present the 10-year project plan for 1,000,000 businesses and 10,000 business developers. Includes interactive charts and data visualizations.

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Winning the giveaway box today made me want to show up even harder today. Thank you!

The Venice Principle landed hard. I have been selling gondolas and architecture. But my audience? Hiring managers trying to fill a role today. All they can see is butts.

Then a senior executive at dinner last night said: "The market doesn't care about what you used to do. Speak in the present tense." Same principle, different angle.

The brain science from today made it click even deeper. The brain sends 10x more information to the senses than it receives back. Which means my audience is literally only recording what confirms what they already believe. If they see "Innovation executive," their brain filters for cost center, not growth engine.

So I am stopping selling Venice.

Not "I built systems that scaled growth across 13 markets" — but "I build the commercial infrastructure that turns one market win into a repeatable growth engine."

Same truth. Completely different perspective.

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DAY 1 :My Reinvention - From Telecoms & Credit to Malawi’s Energy Future

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DAY 1 :My Reinvention - From Telecoms & Credit to Malawi’s Energy Future

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For years, I built my career as an employee at Airtel and Yellow, focusing on IT and Credit. But my true calling is developing Malawi. I am now in the middle of a major reinvention: transitioning from a corporate employee to an independent Sustainable Energy Consultant.

The Three Buckets Reflection:

The Day 1 exercise helped me realize that most of my anxiety wasn't about the work, but about the "safety net" I am leaving behind.

Out of Control: I have zero control over the national economy or how fast the grid expands. I am "releasing" the fear that these external factors will stop my mission.

Influence: I have significant influence over the "Trust Factor." Because of my background at Yellow, I know how to talk to people about credit. I can influence how rural communities and investors bridge the gap between "needing power" and "trusting solar.

Control: I have 100% control over my IT and Finance skills. I control the decision to use my expertise to design better systems for mini-grids and off-grid solar

The Action:

My action this week is to stop looking back at the "security" of my old roles. I will generate three alternative models for how my IT and Credit background can solve one specific energy problem: making solar affordable for the 85% of Malawians who are off-grid.

The Realization:

I used to think my "security" came from my employer (Airtel/Yellow). I now realize my real security comes from my ability to reinvent my skills to solve Malawi's biggest challenge: Sustainable Energy.

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Day 2 - Walking in the Shoes of the "Off-Grid" Malawian

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Day 2 - Walking in the Shoes of the "Off-Grid" Malawian

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The Reality

In Malawi, my customers are facing a "triple crisis": climate-driven blackouts, high inflation, and a devaluing currency. Their objective reality is that they have less cash but a higher need for independent power than ever before.

The Priority Shift:

I realized my customers no longer value "convenience." They value Survival and Productivity. They don't want a lightbulb; they want a solar-powered pump that ensures their crops don't die during a dry spell. They value income-generating energy.

My Reinvention:

As I shift from an employee at Airtel/Yellow to a Consultant, I am reinventing my "product." I am moving from "selling credit" to "engineering affordability." My new model uses my IT background to create hyper-local, crop-aligned payment plans that remove the fear of default.

The Action:

I will interview three small business owners this week to ask one question: "What is the one thing you CANNOT do right now because of power, and how much money is that costing you?".

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Fearing the fear itself, I postponed day 1 homework into day 2. Navigating a career shift of a product designer & educator & aspiring entrepreneur after moving continents (Bratislava - super successful to Seattle - job market feels like a strong humiliyy slap), middle of AI age, I panic weekly. This tool helped me to put an order and reinstated ownership in my self-imposed complexity.

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Oh, done we all love product design! My career took off at a product design agency which pioneered Design Thinking in CEE. Yesterday I listen to head designer of Anthropic: Do not trust this method anymore, it’s too slow. I spent 15 years as an indepemdent consultamt honing these skills and now I should forget? She is right though, the product design abiloties shift with engineering skills every few months now. Time to reinvent, if I want to keep working with clients and also, with schools!

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Day 1 & 2: Becoming the Leader who makes the difference

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Day 1 & 2: Becoming the Leader who makes the difference

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Day 1:

As someone out to reinvent who I AM to my direct reports as a supervisor and leader - that is someone wanting to redefine what it means to be 'out there' supporting staff in the ways that lands and make a difference in the way the employee wants - I found that I make things more complicated by worrying about fears of not-yet-existing issues that I have no control over. What there is to do is to engage key partners and address team concerns for which I can take action, such as keeping meetings focused on the intended scope.

Day 2:

When looking at my reinvention mission with the Customer Needs Canvas, what stood out is the increased need for a sense of trust and accuracy of performance feedback in this time of uncertainty. Most notably, what stood out was a gap with team buy-in that what our leadership team (and myself) provide may not meet their their trust and security threshold. I started with being open and honest about how we are all uncertain and in a sense 'experimenting' and found while that humanizes the 'manager', AND there is something more powerful in the title itself that I have not yet embraced. I AM the manager - I AM the sounding board of the team. That means what I say and do matters and THAT requires intentional, responsible communication.

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I am using the tools for personal reinvention. I wasn't able to join live yesterday, but I loved the replay.

Day 1: I discovered that my fears had a central theme: uncertainty. I am from the tiny Caribbean island of Barbados, and my English husband and I will be relocating to the UK later this year. That feels so overwhelming for me, especially in a time when immigrants are seen as "the others". Thankfully, through this exercise, I realised that only one of my fears was out of my control! YEAH!!!

Day 2: First of all, my takeaway was "what can I experiment with?" That immediately calms my nervous system and allows me to show up with curiosity in the midst of these huge shifts I am experiencing, which are filled with uncertainty. The shifts that stand out most are my need for external validation, concern for what others think, prioritising others over myself, and self-trust. I love seeing this in a way that helps me to appreciate the internal work I have been doing! Being here this week reassures me that whatever lies ahead, I've got this!

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Day 1 : I enjoy my work and the technology that it is based on. As the speed of technology increases, we need productive, positive ways to keep up. One of my fears is that I will fall behind which is what I want to reinvent - a process to stay technologically ahead of the game.

Day 2 : When I reviewed the Customer Needs Canvas, I saw that my team is behind regarding adopting change. They want to stay where they are doing what they have always been doing. I want to create a plan to be a catalyst for change while not rolling over their fears.

My action : I will promote positive interactions with my team to understand their fears and support them in potentially overcoming them...on their terms, not mine.

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What's shifted for all of us, that I can see more clearly now?

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What's shifted for all of us, that I can see more clearly now?

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Day 2. For most, uncertainty has become palpable. For a few, a sense of purpose has become an essential salve.

Those who already had a sense of purpose are now seeing, desperately, how the purpose is both important to pursue for the quality of life of others, and to HAVE for our own sense of well-being.

Those who have not felt a profound sense of purpose are suffering now from the depth of change we can all see.

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I can influence or control more Win-Lose mindsets than I realized

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I can influence or control more Win-Lose mindsets than I realized

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For example, my fear that Me-First and Us-First drives ("How can my business grow?" vs. "Who else's lives can we improve now?") continue to dominate our world. This is beyond my control, yet it is also where I can make a greater difference in small niches of influential people that I can connect. This Day 1 exercise has continued to reverberate for me.

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Our customers have changed and we have to reinvent more towards these new trends. We have done these studies over 5 years

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I did the homework for my different client groups and had some good insights.

I used to get most of my work through Associates and this model showed that personal relationship has become less important, with low fees and two way business introductions becoming more important.

When I looked at my work with Individuals, I realised that when I first started, very few individuals worked with coaches.

This will be an increasingly important market for me potentially, and one where I can tap into my wealth of experience, success stories and wide networks.

Looking forward to finding out how to progress!

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My key takeaway for day 2 was Venice. We often assume people see the same picture, but they do not. Everyone is standing in a different position and notice different things and understand the situation in their own way. Never assume people see the same story/picture as you. Always check how they understand your message and what they see/hear.