Peter was attending a workshop on extreme manufacturing when lockdown orders were issued due to the pandemic. This disrupted his plans and priorities. To find purpose during the chaos, Peter reset his priorities to focus on his long term goals of realizing his potential, cleaning up unfinished projects, staying healthy and happy, and running his business effectively. He was inspired by the idea of personal agility and using weekly sprints to make progress. This helped Peter establish a new course and priorities to guide his actions during the pandemic disruption.

1. How I found purpose to adapt to a
changing world
Peter Stevens
Online PMDay
11.Apr.2020

2. Meet Peter Stevens
“Mr. What Really Matters”
HB-DGI photo courtesy of Hervé Girard

3. Where were you when
the lockdown order
came?

4. I was finishing a workshop on
Extreme Manufacturing

5. How do you find purpose in chaos?
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6. Shop!
Photo Peter Stevens

7. How is
shopping
different in a
chaotic
situation?
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8. I’d like to share my story

9. I’d like to share my story
Coming to grips
with Chaos

10. I’d like to share my story
Impulses that
led me to
change
Coming to grips
with Chaos

11. I’d like to share my story
Setting a new
course
Impulses that
led me to
change
Coming to grips
with Chaos

12. I’d like to share my story
Coming to grips
with Chaos

13. When you are in an
activated state,
it is hard to think
clearly

14. There was a lot to
keep me busy
• What do we need for supplies?
• Cancel (no, postpone) Monday’s
class
• What should Joe do?
• What happened to my
customers?
• What now?

15. Full shelves - a signal to come out of panic mode

16. When does the money
run out?

17. I’d like to share my story
Impulses that
led me to
change
Coming to grips
with Chaos

18. “A sprint lasts one week and produces something you
can test or something you can sell.” – Joe Justice
Image courtesy of Joe Justice

19. Aren’t you on course to your “Jamaica”?

20. Well, no. I’d “fallen off the wagon” – and it showed
• How I was spending my time
1. PA:
“Make Personal Agility a thing”
2. FHH:
Family Health and Happiness
3. RMB:
Run my Business
4. BW:
Better World
PA
RM
B
FHH
% of tasks completed the support each WRM
BW

21. Peter, have you
considered doing
Personal Agility?

22. • v
Peter, have you
considered doing
Personal Agility?
Uh, this is
embarrassing!

23. I started with ‘Why’
I want to realize my potential

24. I’d like to share my story
Setting a new
course
Impulses that
led me to
change
Coming to grips
with Chaos

25. What is the potential of
Personal Agility?
Sharon Guerin From Struggling to Thriving
• Wants to start a business and a YouTube channel
Challenge
• Life gets in the way
Path to success
• Personal Agility
• Coaching
• Microcredits
Potential
• 100 Million people
in a similar situation
Photo courtesy Sharon Guerin
“The Culinary Queen”
Sharon Guerin

26. I reset my priorities
I want to realize my potential
Long Term
over
Short Term
Clean up the
“construction
sites” in my life
Stay healthy and
happy
Run my business

27. I want to realize my potential
Long Term
Over
Short Term
Clean up the
“construction
sites” in my life
Stay healthy and
happy
Run my business
And this led to new
choices about how to
spend my time

28. LT->ST
SH&H
CS
RMB
In the first week, I had completely refocused my energy
• How I was spending my time
1. LT->ST:
“Enable Sharon’s through Personal
Agility ”
2. CS:
Close down Construction Sites
3. SH&H:
Stay Healthy and Happy
4. RMB:
Run My Business
% of tasks completed the support each WRM

29. Summary –
What helped me
to establish a
new course in
my life?
Exposure to
new ideas
(and
openness to
the ideas)
The right
question at
the right
moment
My Compass
--
What really
matters

30. Summary –
What helped me
to establish a
new course in
my life?
Who can I
help?
Who do I
want to be?
One week
sprints are
inspiring
Having a
course makes
you an
inspiration to
others

31. Tips for Coping with Chaos
• Breathe
• Keep the Boat Afloat
• What do you have to do right away?
• Have a goal or a purpose
• Who do you want to be?
• Who can you help?
• Be the captain of your boat
• What really matters to you?
• What can you accomplish this week to get closer to WRM?
• What new idea can inspire you?

32. Questions?
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33. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
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34. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
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35. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Who do you want to be?
(when you grow up)
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36. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Who do you want to be?
(when you grow up)
• Look at how you
spent your time
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37. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Who do you want to be?
(when you grow up)
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
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38. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Who do you want to be?
(when you grow up)
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
• Eureka Moments
Photo courtesy Niki Sanders @unsplash

39. How do you figure
out what really
matters?
• Ask yourself
• Who do you want to be?
(when you grow up)
• Look at how you
spent your time
• Look at how you
plan / must / want
to spend your time
• Eureka Moments
• Listen to and
strive to understand
your stakeholders
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