Three Photos, Two Videos, and a Story
International Women’s Day is celebrated in March. This year’s theme was #ChooseToChallenge and in honor of the day, I watched a short video about the number of women around the world who have been elected Heads of State, you know, like Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto, and Angela Merkel.
After watching the video, I decided to ask a bunch of random people how many female Presidents and Prime Ministers they believe have been elected into this highest office in countries around the world. “Oh my, not many!” and “Just a handful.” were the typical responses. The answers were shockingly similar as most people said under 10 women have been elected President or Prime Minister in the world. The actual number is more than 60 women.
It made me realize that we’ve been talking so long about the narrative of scarcity, rightly so due to our deference to the Covid-19 pandemic, and maybe the time is right to shift our thinking to a narrative of abundance as we look to a post-lockdown world. To my delight, I noticed that we have already been doing so at Pinewood this month. I share three photos, two videos, and a story to give you a little push towards a more abundant frame of mind.