Stumbling forward. That’s more or less the feeling these days. And for each experiment and moment of research that offers a little bit of clarity there’s also something different upon us.

graphic from a tweet, showing the amount of bandwidth each human sense is able to take in, From Twitter

It was affirming to see a graphic speak to the amount of content that comes across our senses. And even in this case where it doesn’t even talk through all of our senses, the way that we are architected really makes an impact, or reaffirm the impact of everything from current events to the ways that we express our agility.

Agility is only good enough until it has been adapted to. This venture prefers to think that contemplation that lead to generative insights is a unique and actual practice. But, the space in which agility is expressed also reinforces adaptation. Seen how new products and services are manifesting deep research into “work” is a bit of a quagmire. On one end it’s insightful to see methods and behaviors show themselves in this new space of technological tools. On the other hand, it portends a type of future to which a consultive approach may be less valuable. If you will, expertise becomes the focus where a consultation might have been the ask.

Some will ask if there are courses to navigate these moments. The answer here is “probably not.“ There are types of avoidance is being shown through the agility of machine learning and the tooling around. It isn’t something that’s necessarily taught in the classroom. It’s learnt outside the classroom. It’s a type of curiosity and comprehension best formulated by building foundations inside the classroom so outside the classroom there is ample space for agency and experimentation.

How then do you craft an acceptable way forward? Honestly, trying to figure that out for this venture. There’s too much noise around building over top of a wrapper. There’s two little noise about the ethics of the business of these wrappers. Those persons who have a practiced or have a genetic disposition to focus are having something of a renaissance. While those who may be agents or storytellers may need to find a new type of muscle memory. It’s OK to stumble for a while. But the stumbling only points out where some weaknesses may be. Strengthen the areas that stumble, and you may develop a type of agility that was previously undiscoverable.