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Just last week I listened to @ivie-temitayo-ibitoye share on how she started her work as a Recruitment Consultant. The event was @bankolewilliams New Employment Strategies for Africa virtual event. In response to @gbengatotoyi mention of the need to imbibe writing skills in boosting employ-ability opportunities, Ivie spoke about how some years ago, by writing & sharing tips for effective recruitment on Instagram, (something she was truly deeply passionate about) she unexpectedly attracted the attention of an interested client.

The client had gone ahead to ask about her services & charges. Shocked, she quickly conferred with her colleagues on a suitable response format & later went on to deliver her ‘consulting services’ to the satisfaction of her first client. Imagine? Today Ivie is a force to be reckoned with in her domain. Hearing her speak, you know she is the real deal.

Her story immediately took me back some months ago where without warning I received a message in my inbox from a Nigerian focused but Canadian based group requesting that I speak at a learning session. According to the founder who reached out, he had been following my work & writings on #Agility via #LinkedIn. Was I shocked! The job done, and while still reveling in the positive outcome, I had another message again in my inbox also from a Canadian based company, this time with respect to a training collaboration for businesses in the region. All of these aside increasing local opportunities… It’s surreal just thinking about it: accessing opportunities simply from sharing on my areas of interest – from sharing from my CORE!

Thing is, I have been speaking, writing & teaching about #agility, #learning & #growth #mindset long before it became a #COVID-19 imperative. To my mind Agility is the panacea to disruptive phenomena regardless of what type it is, be it disruptive technology, shifts in consumer behaviour, accessing new markets, #COVID-19 you name it.

It is about intentionally & habitually stepping back & looking at your systems, people & practices with a new set of eyes in order to create and re-create – for relevance. It is about shifting grounds & adapting in order evolve & to thrive.

To me, #Agility isn’t an event or a program to be executed. It is rather, largely, a posture & a mindset to be adopted. It’s your license to winning in a new world that keeps evolving on steroids. For people & organisations with fixed mindsets it’s easy to see how navigating these new terrains will remain a constant challenge.

Let me quickly say here that I believe that my flair for #Agility comes from innately being Growth driven and is a philosophy that drives not just my work but my life as well.

So what are you predisposed to? What is at your core? What are you really about? What can you share with your community? Your answer might be a cue to where your gold lies. I hope that just like mine & Ivie’s story goes, I have been able to reinforce that much.

Here’s cheers to your Agility!

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