Since my previous post about being a united class, I have to admit that I've begun seeing a drastic change within our environment, and I believe the cause of this has been that we are all striving towards a COMMON GOAL.
We have now begun to grow as a community of trust, because since we are all driven by the same goal: to accomplish a successful magazine, we are putting are all into making it work. This drive is what makes us unite, what makes us not afraid to share our ideas, what makes us work professionally. We have been putting so much time and effort into BREAKTHROUGH, that we've all began to come together, and not only do we have a community of trust within the class, but we have gotten to know each other more in these past couple of weeks. Ideas are now shared comfortably; people that weren't speaking that often during class discussions, became much more heard lately. I now know how almost everyone thinks and behaves thanks to this opening up. We have all been opened up to many more perspectives and now we are getting better ideas because of the diverse points of view that each member in the IA has to offer. |
Now we are growing as a company, not as just a regular class, and having an organization like ours has its perks. In Breakthrough magazine, we work as a flat organization, meaning that there is no hierarchy. We have learned not to see anyone as superior or inferior; we see each other as associates. We might have a CEO, CMO, CFO or other titles, but each and every one of us is seen as equals. A hardworking team, striving to create a professional magazine about GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, and I would have to say that this working method has done much more than teach us about the organizations.
We have learned how to work as a large group, which is something we haven't been used to doing in our MYP years, and we are managing perfectly fine. New programs are being taken in hand for the magazine and we are managing this effectively. These are just a couple of the many things we have been practicing and learning recently. Clearly every member of the class is equally motivated because if not, all these accomplishments wouldn't have occurred at all.