Activity Spectrum Analysis is 📝John Zdanowski's name for examining where a person spends their attention, how it feels, and how they would like to spend it, as a step toward defining their 📝Best Day Ever.
John coined the term while thinking through how a collaborator could best spend their working time. The analysis treats a working life as a spectrum of activities rather than a single job title, and asks where on that spectrum a person is most engaged. It covers not only tasks but the social shape of work, such as how much interaction a person wants and with how many people, and the form in which they prefer to share what they are good at. The questions are:
- Where are you spending your attention?
- How do you feel when you spend your attention that way?
- How would you like to spend your attention?
- How much interaction with people would you like?
- Would you like to interact with a few people a lot or a lot of people a little?
- What are the gifts you most like sharing?
- How do you most like sharing them? In front of a big audience <-> in a memo so people can read it when it makes sense for them
We believe that Activity Spectrum Analysis is critical to defining and implementing one’s Best Day Ever.