The Story of Bob the Builder and Wendy the Invisible Organiser

A Story about Women on Twitter asking Questions on Leadership Around The World...and drifting away, making ripples and co- creating a story I wanted to share with you...

It may have started earlier, but then again with Twitter, when does it start, when does it end? Merry-go-round all day and all night long…

When? Tuesday, February the 2^nd 2010.

Where? Somewhere between Finland, France, USA and Switzerland.

Who?  Mary Jo Asmus, Roberta Hill, Katri Kytôpuu and Marion Chapsal.

It started with a discussion around questions.

I asked my friend Katri about a tweet in finnish where she said “How the way we talk can change the way we work”:

I had no idea what she was talking about, and was just being curious… Maybe it was linked with Presentation Skills and Public Speaking? Maybe it had nothing to do with it ! I was taking a chance, and asking:

@MarionChapsal Junalukemisenani tällä hetkellä How  the way we talk can change the way we work (tell me more, Katri!) (via @KatriK) 

(Here, Mary Jo jumps in with David Cooperrider)

@mjasmus @MarionChapsal David Cooperrider says our organizations & communities move in the direction of the questions we ask.

(here, I must admit I'm a little lost, since I have no idea who David Cooperrider is...and not quite sure what to make of this brilliant tweet...)

(Roberta jumps in the convo and adds Appreciative Inquiry...I'm still keeping up with  5 other threads of discussions...)

@RobertaHill You bet they do - hence value of Appreciative Inquiry.RT @mjasmus: @MarionChapsal David Cooperrider says org. move in direction of  ? asked.

KatriK @MarionChapsal Quite inspiring book Amazon -> http://bit.ly/c2eUpw . From complaint to commitment was the phrase, why I bought the book :-)

MarionChapsal @mjasmus Oui, c'est ça! That's why children, who keep asking relentlessly millions of questions, learn so fast! (and are so demanding!!!)

MarionChapsal @mjasmus @RobertaHill Hence the importance of asking the good question, the one we dare not ask at the risk of being stupid #Perceval

(who is David Cooperrider...Google, quick!)

@mjasmus @MarionChapsal @RobertaHill or the courageous questions that we don't know the answers to (children do this, but we are afraid).

And here, I don't know what went through my mind, but I said:

MarionChapsal @mjasmus @RobertaHill Why do we still talk over and over again about leadership? (sorry, silly question...) When do we create another word?

@KatriK @MarionChapsal We had a little convo abt word leader and if I remember correctly the word used instead was builder :-)

KatriK @MarionChapsal I found you the article, that started our convo :-) http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2009/12/the_builders_manifesto.html

@MarionChapsal @KatriK  Like in "Bob the Builder"? :-) #Leadership #Buildership

@MarionChapsal @KatriK Reading your article abt Buildership in Harvard Business Food for thought also for @mjasmus @RobertaHill  http://bit.ly/5nHOf3

MarionChapsal @KatriK I'm reading the article you recommended and it's fantastic! Thank you. Wow! I'm not alone anymore....:-)) http://bit.ly/5nHOf3

@mjasmus @MarionChapsal Not silly! Perhaps because "leadership" is whats missing. We talk about it but we don't really get it (or do it)

@MarionChapsal @mjasmus Reminds me also of all this talk about gender at the work place...All agree that there should be more women at the "top", few act

@MarionChapsal @KatriK :-) what about Thomas the Tank Engine? Wait!...Where are the girls??! Roberta the builder, MariJo the Engine? @RobertaHill @mjasmus

@KatriK  @MarionChapsal I quite like the idea :-). We need to do more building so that the future could be different. We need builders like Bob :-)!

@RobertaHill Not silly at all.  I am getting tired of it 2 RT @MarionChapsal: @mjasmus @RobertaHill Why do we still talk over & over about leadership?

@RobertaHill  @MarionChapsal Thanks for the compliment!

@KatriK @MarionChapsal By the way, Bob the Builder has a partner Wendy,who organizes Bob's business :-)

MarionChapsal @KatriK hahaha! Bien sûr! Also found  Scoop Bob the Builder's yellow digger truck. He is the leader of the machines,loves practical jokes!

@MarionChapsal @RobertaHill Did you know there was also Wendy the organizer? We could almost build an MBTI  or a TMS case with Bob's team!

@RobertaHill @MarionChapsal Funny! :-)

@MarionChapsal @KatriK Very good point for Wendy. But who knows Wendy??? :-)

@KatriK  @MarionChapsal It's a good question: Do we see the Wendys of our world or do we take them granted? Do we give the appreciation they deserve?

@MarionChapsal @KatriK a good start for a post! Like Wendy in Peter Pan, too!  ( Can't help to think in cartoons...especially when I'm happy!)

 Good start for a post…Picture of Bob the Builder, etc…Wendy flying happy in the sky, invisible...

Start of twitter conversations illustrated by pictures….Blitz Conversations from stormy women around the world...Back to the beginnings.

Good Night. Will add Wendy flying tomorrow morning, and maybe delete this crazy post...

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