My friend Derek Arden has a saying he uses as he looks into the air or deeply into the Zoom screen with this simple phrase, “That’s quite brilliant, isn’t it?” Whenever he says that I feel a bit smarter! Even when he says it about someone else! Perhaps he is on to something commenting on ‘brilliance’ the illumined light that helps see into the shadows.
Recently I was speaking to a group of physician leaders and I commented on being a “responsive” leader. David Dull came up with a better word, “How about ‘responding’ leader?” His contribution made me think. Responsive describes, responding is an action. Nice! Brilliant, actually! If we look for it perhaps, we too can see it. Quite brilliant, yes?