{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 360: Slowing Down To Make Sustainable Choices","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1811,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am a fast person.\n\n\n\nI walk fast. Cook fast. Write fast. Talk fast. Work out fast. It’s like I’m always moving towards some urgent need or trying to escape some impending disaster. So I’ve been working on slowing down for the last few years.\n\n\n\nTo do that, I have to be mindful. I have to be present enough to notice that I’m zooming around and get curious about why. Then, I can take a beat and slow down the tempo.\n\n\n\nI say that like it’s easy, or like I even remember to do it on a regular basis. I don’t.\n\n\n\nI find it hard to look around at the world—the news, the market, my family, my community—and not feel the pressure of urgency.\n\n\n\nThings change so fast today, yes. But the problems we face and the opportunities in front of us are also urgent.\n\n\n\nIt’s not just the speed with which things happen. It’s the fleeting window of possibility we have to make changes or seize the moment.\n\n\n\nIn her book Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown writes:\n\n\n\n“There is such urgency in the multitude of crises we face, it can make it hard to remember that in fact it is urgency thinking (urgent constant unsustainable growth) that got us to this point, and that our potential success lies in doing deep, slow, intentional work.”\n\n\n\nMaybe we could call it strategic FOMO. The fear of missing out on the chance to change course, solve a challenge, make things better.\n\n\n\nOf course, good strategy is never created quickly. Changing course, solving challenges, making things substantively better is slow work.\n\n\n\nOtherwise, it’s not strategy—it’s just another crappy repair on top of a history of band-aid solutions.\n\n\n\nSlowing down is key to building a business that operationalizes and embodies its values.\n\n\n\nWhen you slow down, you can ask yourself better questions, gather diverse perspectives, get curious what’s really needed, and take time for quality.\n\n\n\nAnd that’s really why I’ve been working on slowing down. I’ve become acutely aware of the friction and dysfunction that making a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}