In the last lesson you were asked to demonstrate your skill in PTO. Now check if you were able to PTO as instructed.
The orange you were asked to peel was:
Resolve the PTO paradox in 111 words.
The most important instruction for you to follow in this PTO was the specification of 111 words. You were not to know that, of course. In PTO one never really knows because one doesn’t get the opportunity to discuss things, as one does in normal situations.
One of the benefits of PTO, provided you have a skilled leadership team, is that anyone in the team can give anyone else in the team a PTO and it is done without question or discussion. This has advantages of speed, efficiency and effectiveness when the team is striving for a mutual objective. But it is not easy and does take PRR to produce a high level of PTO skill.
Obviously, so early in a leadership training sequence, one is not expected to get the ‘right’ answer as much as one is expected to just try and practise the skills.
DFQ #15:
What is the biggest insight about PTO that you have had so far as you’ve been doing these past few lessons?
The number 111 in itself is a “Peel an orange”. The first question which come inconsciously is why 111 words and not another amount.
I could not do it. The 111 words never made real meaning to me. But i have learnt my lesson(s) as follows; That to be able to PTO one needs skills. That there are suituations apart from normal life suituations when one just need to get task/things done without having the chance to ask questions. That to get the task done, it requires speed, efficiency and effectiveness. That attention should be paid to specifications. That where there is a mutual objective to be achieved by TEAM under a trusted leadership, instruction could come from anyone to anyone. That to attain a high level result, PRR is always required
1- PTO is a leader ship skill
2- Has no contardictions with Thinker freedon
3- Must be done as told without question or discussion with speed, efficiency and effectiveness one has a command for a mutual objective.
In short its Nike’s philosophy…”Just do it”
I can see some advantages in splitting tasks into PTO and non-PTO tasks. With sufficient trust, the advantages of being able to say a task is a PTO and getting everybody on it without questions and doubt would be a tremendous skill to have in the organization.
The biggest insight I have so far about PTO is that having an experienced, competent instructor who you trust enough to follow their PTO instructions increases efficiency and outcomes.
First identify the task. Then do it as effectively as possible. It requires an intense focus on process.
First identify the task . Then do it as effectively as possibl e. It requires an intense focus on process.
DFQ #15:
What is the biggest insight about PTO that you have had so far as you’ve been doing these past few lessons?
Our whole training & education, at least mine, has been to consider the problem or issue or requirement before rushing in; if you rush in you can get hurt; so this lesson is all about taking action on the assumption & with the confidence that you can trust the person giving the instruction & you won’t get your head cut off.
The biggest insight I got from PTO is understanding that not asking question can help learn faster.
The biggest insight about PTO I have had so far is that it is done without question or discussion, but at the same time with greatest expectancy of achieving target objectives. However, for any measure of success to be achieved it takes a great deal of practice and rehearsal.