Month: March 2020

The Golden Circle

The Golden Circle

We had our first team meeting for the Teen Building Workshop this past Saturday. We had a great time getting to know each other and took some time looking at some of the living conditions of people that are in need of help. We also started on creating our Vision Statement by looking at companies, organizations, and people that succeed when they seem to be going against the grain of the normal approach to doing things. We used the Golden Circle approach to look at the differences in how these companies and people communicate compared to how we normally communicate. These companies and people speak to the “Why” they’re doing what they’re doing. It’s what they believe in, which reaches the parts of our brain that controls our behavior, loyalty, and decision making. As apposed to the way we normally communicate which speaks to the “What” we’re doing, and talks to the part of the brain that’s responsible for rational and analytical thought.

Why is Apple Computers so innovative year after year? It’s not WHAT they do. They make computers. Dell and HP make computers too.

It’s not HOW they do it.Their products are beautifully designed and easy to use. Other’s have beautifully designed and easy to use products.

It’s WHY they do it. “We believe in challenging the status quo and doing this differently”.

They tell us “Why” they’re doing what they’re doing. And it’s not just for us, it’s for themselves. They create a culture who’s bought into this purpose of challenging the status quo and doing it differently. And because they’ve bought into this purpose, they work at it thru blood, sweat, and tears to make it happen. And because of their belief in their purpose, and they communicate that belief to us, we buy into it. Which is the reason we feel comfortable buying an MP3 player, or a Phone, or a TV from them, when they’re a computer company. Other computer companies have tried to sell products other then computers like PDAs or TVs and they’ve failed, even though they’re fully qualified to make these products. As a consumer we never bought into “Why” they were doing it.

A Vision Statement focuses on the future and the “Why” we’re doing what we’re doing. So this was a good spring board for jumping into creating our Vision Statement, which we’ll do at our next meeting.

Introduction

We’re starting a new teen group called the Teen Building Workshop. This is a group whose vision is to design and build solutions that will aid those in need. Those are just my words, we’ll need to put a vision statement together when we start meeting. So you may be thinking, sounds great, but I don’t know how to design or build solutions. No problem, we’ll learn that along the way. Actually here’s some of the things we’ll spend time on:
• Engineering Design Process
• Teamwork
• Computer Aided Design (3D CAD using Solidworks)
• Habits (self mastery & teamwork)
• How things work
• Time management
• Fundraising
• Finance
• Woodworking & Shop Practices
• Marketing
• Others needs – where we can help and serve

This will be a fun group with team building games, learning, building, and serving! Open to 6th thru 12th graders.

We’ll meet every other Saturday morning at Our Savior Lutheran Church, from 9:00 to 11:00am. Our first meeting will be March 7th. When we start producing parts and learning shop practices we’ll meet at my shop.

Our first project is to design a collapsible school desk like the image below. There’s a lot of places were school is a single room used for many different things including sleeping. So a desk that collapses and stows away will be very useful. We’ll team up with organizations like Project 418 and Love Like You Mean It, to find those in need. Once we’ve identified those in need and designed the desks they need, we’ll raise money to build them and ship the desks to them.

So if you’re interested in design, building, and helping others, come join us as we learn, grow, and serve!

If you need service hours for your class, this is a great opportunity.

If you have any questions please contact me.

Paul Hedding
phedding@heddingaerospace.com
Our Savior Lutheran Church
1515 S. Main St.
Chelsea, MI 48118