“The Power of Perspectives … creating space for great things to happen … a short story:

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands.

Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?”

The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.

Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum and said “Mummy, here you are. This is the sweeter one.”

As a leader, this lovely story has been a powerful reminder for me over the years to suspend my agenda, get curious, and seek to understand (to connect, not judge or reject) because everyone has their unique reality, unique perspective, and unique worldview. And exploring that, creates the space for great things to happen.