Practice is the act of performing a task repeatedly in order to gain proficiency. Is a perfectly normal human behavior in all cultures. We learn how to communicate with people, drive, play an instrument, hunt, prepare food, and speak a language through practice.
The Term Practice refers to these three components
- The Actual Doing
- Some principles or process that provide a minimal structure to hold the practice
- Self Reflection.
The concepts of expertise and practice were confused at some point. When we think in terms of expertise, we may feel more competent or as though we don’t need to learn anything new. Practice by contrast invites us to be present where we are. In order to grow, practice pushes us to face our uncertainty and discomfort in the messy imperfections. Practice is the art of simply trying things out; that’s how we learn; it’s an endless cycle of doing, fine-tuning, and doing again.
Three Types of Practice
- Personal Practices: They make us more self-aware of subtleties and don’t require formal permission or agreement from others to try out.
- Safe Practices: These procedures have a collective component and call for other people’s participation and consent.
- Trail Practices: These are group-proposable techniques that have the power to completely alter the culture and structure of an organization.
Here the seven domains of practices we can discuss here.
With repetition self organization will begin to feel like the normal and healthy for an organization to function.
As you begin to bring a horizontal lens to the different situation in your life, your opportunities for practices will grow, the more you will feel able to propose practices to others in your work place. Then you will begin connecting with existing practices around you and helping expand them. Like a plant that receives water and sunlight , the practices will grow an grow. Slow but surely, successful horizontal practices will shine the way to your organization’s future.
Source : Book “Going Horizontal” by Samantha Slade.
