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?
Although it was obvious that PTO would help focus one on the task at hand, learning what it means to focus, specifically recognize one’s previously held conceptions of focusing and how to step outside those conceptions and focus in a better or more complete way, is an essential skill to be developed by PTO.
My biggest PTO lesson so far is to perform a task without questioning or pausing. Act instantly when the job calls. No matter where or how you start you still get the orange (result).
There are many big insights that can be gathered from PTO.
The big insight I believe has been in this lesson. When learning PTO its not expected that the right answer is given but to follow PRR to ensure constant improvement aiming for the goal of being able to PTO exactly as requested.
oops! I was so focused on solving the paradox that the 111 word instruction was ignored.
SOT number 15
OOPS. My PTO was not 111 words, though I did try to resolve the paradox with a specific number of words.
My resolution was 112 words.
My biggest insight is that following explicit directions without personal input is challenging
What I have learnt about PTO is it’s vital in certain situations. But reading between the lines I think challenging ideas needs to become PTO also. Emergency situations requiring First Aid is a great example of PTO. But X10 thinking to be effective should become an automatic response.
exactly as instructed sometimes makes better sense than in my own way…getting right about when it does, consistently is an art
Peel the orange while sounding simple can be complex, if you are working on a task but a situation arises unexpectedly that requires a different action what do you do, soldier on with PTO or think and adapt even though the end result may still be what is required.
I did complete the task in exactly 111 words, I did not know this was the crusical thing only that it was very specific soI found a way via Microsoft word to count my words and do it. I created a bvs in using word so I dndt need to count the words as I thought that was a waste of time. so Ilearned that even if you dont understand cvs you can find a bvs maybe?
One of the big insights that I have is that it is difficult to do a PTO. Premium is placed by society on not following orders, on being critical. When to follow orders and when not to will always be a dilemma for every thinking person. I would say that in the area of training, PTO is essential. Once you have decided to train under a master or a guru, one should follow without question.