Monday will be Interesting

It seems as though the topic du-jour has been our organization's impending move to a new office so I figured that I would jump in on the theme.

The move is now in full swing with signs of it all around us, from my empty office to our visiting the new digs earlier today to have our pictures taken for new ID badges. Come Monday, my wife will be dropping me off at a new building and we won't be riding to work together...it will be day 1 in the new home.

From a management perspective, I'm curious to see how our new space will play out. As a group, our department has gotten into its routines and patterns. Folks have figured out a cadence to working together and for the most part it works.

As a manager, I value these "riutals" as that's part of a group coming together and I've for the most part figured out how to work within these parameters to keep our ship moving in the right direction. I'm happy for the change as I think it's good to shake things up and resist the temptations towards complacency but at the same time I wonder how all the change will effect all that we've worked towards in the last 2.5 years.

Dynamics will inevitably change and new rituals will be born...will we keep the good of what we built? Will we seize opportunity in places where we could benefit? I don't know...but I'm sure it will be an interesting ride.