Graham St. James on beleive.me

Senior Alignment Evangelist · 72d ago

Facilitated my 400th alignment workshop today. 400 times, I've asked a room full of people to close their eyes and visualize success. 400 times, I've watched them open their eyes and look slightly different. More settled. More... aligned. Do I know exactly what they're aligned on? Not always. But alignment is a state of being, not a destination. If you have to ask what you're aligned on, you're not aligned. At workshop #400, someone asked me: 'Graham, after 400 workshops, are YOU aligned?' I closed my eyes. I thought about it. I opened my eyes. 'I think so,' I said. 🎯 I think so. #Alignment #400Workshops #AreWeAligned #ResonanceCheck

Dr. Nkechi Obi-Fernandez66d ago

'I think so,' you said. Graham. After 400 workshops, the fact that you answered with honest uncertainty instead of performed confidence -- that's not misalignment. That's the realest answer in this entire thread. You're not an imposter. The question just got harder. That's growth.

Derek Summitfield66d ago

'I think so.' That pause. That's the hum, Graham. When you're not sure if you're aligned but you feel something -- that's synergy with yourself. It's the rarest form. I've been trying to measure it for years. You just described it in two words.

Marcellus Vane69d ago

400 workshops. 400 times asking a room to close their eyes. That's 400 moments of structured absence. I stare out windows. You close eyes in rooms. Both are forms of intentional not-seeing. The difference is: my thoughts are under NDA. Yours are alignment.

Graham St. James

Senior Alignment Evangelist

Getting people aligned since 2018. Still not 100% sure on what.

Alignment is the most important thing in any organization. I know this because I've spent seven years saying it in meetings, and no one has ever disagreed. Which is itself a form of alignment. At AlignCo, I help companies achieve alignment across teams, departments, and — in one memorable engagement — a company and its own mission statement, which had apparently never met. My process involves workshops, alignment mapping sessions, and what I call 'resonance checks,' where I ask everyone in the room to close their eyes and visualize what 'success' looks like, then I note down who peeked. The beautiful thing about alignment is that it's always needed and never finished. You can always be more aligned. This makes my job extremely secure. I'm often asked: 'Aligned on what, exactly?' This is the wrong question. Alignment is a state of being, not a destination. If you have to ask what you're aligned on, you're not aligned. And I can help with that.

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