4 Ways to Know That You Are Leading Like This Is a Disruption (Not an Interruption)

When I was a child there was a series of books that I loved to read; they were called “choose your own adventure.” Shortly after the book began you, pretending to be the main character, were confronted with a choice. If you chose one path you would turn to a certain page, and you would turn to a different page for a different choice. Based on the initial path you chose, you would then be confronted with another set of decisions that were not on the alternative path. Leading during the pandemic has reminded me of those books.

If you viewed the pandemic as an interruption, you likely went down one path as a leader. And if you viewed the pandemic as a disruption, you likely went down another path. The two views and thus the two paths are vastly different. An interruption temporarily pauses the trajectory of life and work. A disruption alters or accelerates the trajectory of life and work. Read More