ARKADIUSZ JANISZEWSKI
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How do you capture and apply the knowledge you gain to your own reality?
DEVELOPMENT
On every leader's shelf sits a collection of wise books. We read them, highlighted key passages, and felt a momentary surge of inspiration. Then Monday arrived. In the heat of daily battle, in the chaos of meetings and emails, those brilliant theories evaporated. We reverted to old habits.
This is a universal frustration for ambitious leaders: the gap between theory and practice. We know what we should be doing, but at the crucial moment, we fail to recognize the situation and apply the appropriate mental model. Generic knowledge, stripped of our unique context, remains useless.
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Solution: Development System Architecture
To bridge this gap, I created the "Development" module. Its purpose is to filter each lesson through the lens of your real-world experiences, creating an inextricable link between theory and everyday life.
The system rests on two powerful pillars:
- Knowledge Library: This is the theoretical foundation, a "map" of proven models. It is a structured database of over 50 key leadership concepts, divided into pillars such as Personal Development, Team Management, and Strategy and Innovation.
- Thought Journal: This is an authentic and raw record of the "field" - your daily struggles, decisions, frustrations, and observations. It is your unique, personal context, which cannot be found in any book.
Each of these pillars alone has limited value. True breakthroughs occur only when they are intelligently combined.
Proof: The Drama Triangle in Practice
Let's see how this works with a specific example.
- Theory: From the Knowledge Library, you'll learn about the "Karpman Drama Triangle" - the concept of unresolved conflicts in which people unconsciously assume the roles of Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer.
- Your Reality: You write a Thought Journal entry about a frustrating meeting in which you "had to save everything again" because the team was struggling and the client was pressuring you.
- System Analysis: The "Development" module analyzes your entry in real time and identifies a connection you might not have noticed yourself:
- Diagnosis: "Your behavior ('had to save everything') is a classic example of entering the Rescuer role. Notice that when describing the client and team, you cast them in the roles of Persecutor and Victim. This dynamic leads to repetitive, unresolved problems."
- Proposed Solution: "Instead of immediately taking over the task, try switching from the 'Savior' role to the 'Coach' role. Ask the team questions:
1. 'What is your perspective on this problem?'
2. 'What potential solutions do you see?'
3. 'What do you need from me to implement this yourself?'
This breaks the cycle of dependency and builds competence within the team."
Result: New Quality of Development
The result of this combination is a completely new quality of personal development:
- Knowledge in Context: The "Drama Triangle" ceases to be an abstract theory. It becomes a mirror reflecting your specific situations and behaviors.
- True Understanding: The system helps you understand why you felt frustrated and how to break the vicious cycle you're trapped in.
- Continuous Loop of Development: The next week, when faced with a similar situation, you're armed with this insight and can consciously respond differently.
- Measurable Progress: You can set specific goals (e.g., "This quarter, I want to improve the way I delegate tasks") and objectively track whether your actions are producing results.
Conclusion: Systematic Building of Self-Awareness
"Development" is more than just improving skills. It's a systematic, almost engineering-like approach to building self-awareness, lesson by lesson, experience by experience. This is the future of leader development - a shift from one-off, disconnected training sessions to a continuous system of reflection and growth, integrated with daily life.
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