I’m getting ready to shut down and get some needed rest. Tomorrow is a really big day for me. At 5am CT, I’ll get my first altMBA project. I’ve spent a lot of time over the last 5 days getting all set up with the altMBA team so we can be ready to hit the ground running.
A lot of you have been asking me what the #altMBA is all about. The quick summary goes like this (paraphrasing Seth Godin and the altMBA team here): The altMBA is a one-month leadership workshop where we [the students] are asked to change, we are asked to stay committed to the hard work of emotional labor, we are asked to take responsibility and to give credit, we are asked to trust the process, we are asked to be generous, we are asked to use the altMBA method (Noticing, Asserting, and then Analyzing), and we are asked to bring our full selves… we are here to level up. Ultimately, we are asked to tell ourselves the Truth (class will see our work), and we are asked to tell others the Truth (giving feedback is just as important as getting feedback in the altMBA), and we are asked to trust each other as we step into a Universe of Possibility and work together to make a ruckus. It’s 14 projects in one month’s time. It’s a lot of work. It’s an amazing group of people, with an amazing group of coaches to guide us through the process. And I really believe that it will be a vehicle of change for me and for Badass Backpacks.
And now I slip into the altMBA cocoon. I will certainly hop back over here during the workshop to post some quick updates, but don’t be surprised if my posting slows down here over the next month. Feb 8 the program will wrap up — and I’ll post some follow up here once I get ready to emerge. 🙂
Last thought and a quick bag production update: Badass Backpacks is not going to sleep during my altMBA time. As soon as I get my next shipment of bags from Tucker & Bloom I will be giving that moment its due celebration on this blog, and shortly following that, I’ll be posting some details here about how you can buy one. The timing overlap of getting Badass Backpacks kicked off with our first ever bag sales and getting kicked off with the altMBA feels a touch scary — but it somehow makes a lot of sense.
I’m so excited that I can’t explain… here we go!