I went to a "focus group" this morning at work. I mention it only to say that there are a lot of knowledgeable, passionate people who work here at ProjectHOME. I forget that often when I am caught up in my daily to-do lists. Sometimes I feel like I'm all alone in these challenges, but the reality is that I am not. That's energizing.

So during this meeting I decided that I need to get more people involved in this project. I think it would be very productive to get some people in a room and wrestle with this complex problem.

I've found that one of the crucial interactions missing from professional environments is the "heated debate." I miss passionately arguing with my peers, not to prove myself right but to force me to commit and defend my perspective and to challenge and learn a foreign one.

So for my next task I'll be designing a brainstorming session to invite all these experts to tear apart my assumptions.