Wanna have breakfast?
I've been asked quite a bit over the last several months if there is going to be anything like the "ITS Climate Lunches" that were conducted over the last several years. The answer has always been yes - and now I'm happy to announce the resumption of these kinds of conversations, but with a few changes.
First off, I like breakfast more than lunch so we'll be meeting in the morning hours as opposed to over lunch. And as we start, attendees will self-select by going to "Coffee with Kevin" to confidentially register for a date that works for their schedule. Additionally, small groups are encouraged to schedule at the same time - so if you want your work group to have a particular slot all to yourselves, you can make that happen.
The goal of these breakfasts is to reinforce in some places, establish in others, that you can talk directly to me about issues facing you in the workplace. We can talk about customers, Penn State, your work environment - anything you'd like. It's your conversation and I'll be there mostly to listen, and sometimes to help improve understanding about a particular issue or decision, etc. It will be just those who sign up and me - no one else in the room. I'll ask one of the attendees to help jot down major topics that come up so that I'll have data from each breakfast for comparison to help identify trends in the conversations. The dominant ground rule for the breakfasts is: what is spoken in the room, stays in the room. Words will not leave the room, but if we do this right - ideas will.
I'm genuinely looking forward to getting to meet more of you in a more personal way in the coming months.
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Is this starbucks?? :)
That stuff really jacks me up. I can't drink it anymore, at least not straight. But I'll try to remember to bring you some :-).
Kevin,
Would you be willing to have one or two lunches for those of us who work nonstandard schedules and can't accomodate breakfast? My workday is 1:00–10:00 p.m.—since my day is shifted back a few hours, 7:30 a.m. is just too early. I'm sure there are a few other ITS employees (although probably not many) in the same boat.
Thanks for considering it,
-J.
I'd be happy to set up a lunch or dinner (or two) if there is demand. I'll work with Tracy to find time for a lunch or dinner - if you (the collective) have a preference, let me know here or in an e-mail.
Kev, you're a popular person! Breakfast schedule if filling up way too fast...on a waiting list already. You may have to add more breakfast slots...I do like the lunch idea proposed above.
Jack
There are 4 seats left in October and things are wide open in December...or is your point alos along the lines that these are farther out than you'd like?