Walk the Talk
Just announced: In November, our found Ron Cacioppe, is doing The Leadership Journey with Edgewalkers. It's a 6-day retreat in Margaret River to journey through nature, to refresh & review leadership contributions and discover visions for the future. If you're interested, you should read more here.
From Why Walking Helps Us Think by Ferris Jabr in The New Yorker we learn that "Many experiments have shown that after or during exercise, even very mild exertion, people perform better on tests of memory and attention. Walking on a regular basis also promotes new connections between brain cells, staves off the usual withering of brain tissue that comes with age, increases the volume of the hippocampus (a brain region crucial for memory), and elevates levels of molecules that both stimulate the growth of new neurons and transmit messages between them."
But walking is not only about enhancing brain performance, walking is a great way to explore our minds and an alternative way to meet (and still keeping with social distancing rules). While screens confine our thinking and speech to be more direct, and meeting rooms support boxed in discussions, walking meetings unleash our thinking and support more open-hearted conversations. It's a great way for minds to meet to get a new project going or understand each other's opinions on a matter.
Next time you're planning a meeting, consider where to have it based on the topic and the outcome you're seeking.
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