A well oiled machine

Our Commercial group started with a bang and finished with a bang. I think we all worked well together and our commitment to our own personal tasks meant that everything was done on time without any dramas.

Maybe a few in the team started a little fast, which took a few of us a few weeks to catch up to what was going on and this was purely because they had previously interned at Megan Park and had intimate knowledge of what was already going on in the Company.

Looking back I have to say this group project was more efficient than any other previous groups I have been into and this just came down to great organisation.

I personally felt like I could have been more involved in the work…..but I think that because of my hot bikini bod making me the model for the Bikini Launch probably made the whole thing a raging success (self applaud).

Overall a good experience which has seen me intake some solid knowledge of how a successful small company like Megan Park runs and also a nice way to work on my relationship skill.

Leadership and Team Cactus

Great week in toe. Thursday class involved a brief leadership talk and quiz by the Conversant Company. It was interesting to see my quiz results that were ranked 1, Workability 2, Learning 3, Creativity 4, Relationships 5, Accountability.
The results didn't suprise me and only confirmed what I already thought. By coming from an athletic  background I have always been goal orientated and know the work and sacrifice needed to achieve those goals and that learning is an ever-ending circle that must be applied to all aspects of life otherwise you will just stop growing and ultimately dying.
I was happy with creativity sitting in the middle as I think that it shouldn't be the number one skill for one to have but something to compliment other areas if you want a professional team of designers because you can be the best designer in the world but if you don't know where you're going and not willing to learn anything then you will just remain where you are and never improve and grow.
Later in the week I had my very small launch of my new cycling brand 'Eddy Engels' and the team ' team cactus' at the Rapha Gentleman's race in Little River this was a non-sactioned race of 32 teams of 6 over 178km's and was part of Rapha's catalogue shoot and for their magazine.The ride was quite tough and during the ride I found myself as the strongest rider in my team with a lot of my team mates struggling to hold on, this made me think back to Thursdays class and what my quiz results said and this had me working on my 2 weak points of relationships and accountability. Through these lessons of self awareness I changed my riding style and rode to the weakest rider of the team and made myself accountable for the whole team which meant we all stayed together and finished together which would work on my 'relationship' issues and keep everyone feeling like they were part of a successful and united team which was achieved by all after 6 hours of pain.
Overall a good week in school and out.

a little tired but we all survived.

                                               looking quite eager before the start.

3 week round up

The first 3 weeks of the school year has been pretty interesting, starting off in a lathargic manner and trying to get back into a design mentality.
I have been pretty happy with the school year as it has got me thinking about my own future and what I want out of this course. The course has probably made me more independently minded which has probably been a negative thing while studying my last year as it has me more focused on my own goals and not school goals and has me also only taking in selected advice form selected lecturers that I think offer some value to my own goals and future.
I learnt a lot from the VMAFF business seminar and I think I grabbed some invaluable information for my future endeavours about financing and sourcing from new and unusual makers, artisans and manufacturers world wide.
Overall a positive and interesting start to the school year but also events that have had me re-examine my future and what I want out of it and who I want to be as a designer.