This morning my sister reached out about having lunch together, and Will and I joined her close to her office.
Upon reflection, living walking distance from downtown affords me the ability to take advantage of spontaneous meetings, both social and business. I recognise how much location factors into well-being. If I lived further afield, I would easily isolate myself by justifying passing up meetings such as these.
One of the highlights of the lunch discussion for me was Will's interest in leadership, especially in the context of progressive organisations that seek to do away with hierarchy. This reminds me of a great book that was recommended to me by a mentor: Reinventing Organizations. We've had discussions in my startup about how we should organise ourselves and structure responsibility. Being exposed to various organisational structures over our individual careers, it is difficult to align on an ideal for our own startup.
Our discussion helped me recognise that as the leader of reelyActive, I lead the challenge of achieving alignment, which I very much embrace, yet occasionally find to be a source of frustration. I will think more about what triggers that frustration and what I can do to overcome.