Pamene chaka cha 2026 chikuyandikira komanso gulu latsopano la LittlePod likuyamba kuoneka bwino, takhala tikuganizira za miyezi 12 yosaiwalika ku Likulu lathu kuno ku East Devon. Pamene kampeni yathu ya Real Vanilla ikupita patsogolo kwambiri, chaka cha 2025 chinali chaka chomwe Melissa Irace, yemwe kale anali Sustainable Development Manager wa LittlePod, adalimbikitsidwa kuti ayambe ntchito yake yotsogola, pogwiritsa ntchito zonse zomwe adakumana nazo panthawi yomwe anali pano. Popeza Melissa's Heart Leaders 2.0 ikuyembekezeka kuyambitsidwa mu Chaka Chatsopano, tinaganiza kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tikambirane za Khirisimasi isanafike. Awa ndi mawu ake:

Ndaphunzira zambiri kuchokera kwa Janet ndi nthawi yomwe ndidakhala ku LittlePod. Sindinakonzekerepo kugwira ntchito kuno – ndinangobwera kudzamwa tiyi ndi kukambirana chifukwa ndinali kukonzekera kuyambitsa bizinesi yokhazikika ndipo ndimafuna kupeza malingaliro ndi upangiri kuchokera kwa munthu amene wakhalapo ndipo anaigwira. Pa nthawi yokambirana, Janet anandipatsa ntchito ndipo anandipatsa mwayi woti ndidziwe tanthauzo lenileni la kuyendetsa ndi kugwira ntchito mu bizinesi yokhazikika. Nditangoyimba kumene tiyi, ndinapeza chidziwitso chamtengo wapatali. Ndakhala ndi moyo ndipo ndaona kuti njira imeneyi yochitira zinthu ikugwira ntchito. Tsopano, ndikalankhula ndi anthu za kukhazikika, nditha kunena kuti, 'Inde, ndagwira ntchito mu kampani yomwe imachita zimenezo'. 

Pamene ndinachoka ku LittlePod, ndinakhala miyezi ingapo ndikuphunzira za Heart Leaders. Cholinga chachikulu ndichakuti munthu azitsogolera bizinesi kuchokera pansi pa mtima. Ndinakhala nthawi yosangalala ndi chilengedwe ndipo ndinadzipatsa nthawi yopuma kuntchito komanso zosokoneza. Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri. Pambuyo pa chochitika chokongola chotsegulira, ndinaganiza zopereka misonkhano komwe anthu angapange njira zotsatsira malonda kutengera cholinga ndi mfundo zabwino. Koma sizinawoneke ngati zikutsogolera kulikonse. Kenako ndinazindikira chifukwa chake. Atsogoleri a mabizinesi, monga anthu ambiri, akuvutika ndi kuchuluka kwa chidziwitso komanso kutopa. Pali zinthu zambiri zoti achite, achite, achite, akule, akule. Izi sizabwino kwa dziko lathu kapena moyo wathu wabwino.

Nthawi yanga ku LittlePod inalimbitsa malingaliro anga okhudza kufunika kwa cholinga. Zonse ndi zokhudza kudziwa chifukwa chake, monga momwe Janet amachitira, ndikugwiritsa ntchito zimenezo ngati mphamvu yoyendetsera zinthu. Nthawi iliyonse zinthu zikavuta, mutha kubwerera ku cholinga chanu ndikupeza mphamvu zatsopano. Zinagogomezeranso malingaliro anga okhudza tanthauzo la kukhala bizinesi yokhazikika. Muyenera kuganizira phindu - ndithudi - komanso kuganizira za anthu anu ndikuwonjezera P yowonjezerayo pacholinga. Pamene cholinga chimenecho chili kukonzanso kwa nkhalango zamvula Pa Equatorial Belt, monga momwe zilili ku LittlePod, zimapangitsa kuti zonse zikhale zazikulu kuposa inu. LittlePod yandithandiza kuwona zinthu mosiyana. Zakhala zothandiza kwambiri.

Ndakhala ndi zochitika zokongola zokumbukira. Ndakhala ndikuganiza za momwe ndingathandizire njira yatsopano yolankhulirana ndi bizinesi - kuchoka ku zofooka ndi kutanganidwa kwa malingaliro ndikugwirizana ndi nzeru, mtendere ndi kuyenda bwino komwe kumabwera kudzera mu kutsogolera kuchokera mumtima. Ndidzayambitsa Heart Leaders 2.0 mu Chaka Chatsopano ndipo ndikusangalala ndi zomwe 2026 ili nazo. Pamene ndidalumikizana ndi nzeru za mtima wanga, mwayi wina wabwino unabwera. Tsopano ndine mtsogoleri wa maphunziro awiri ku University of Exeter. Chimodzi ndi Global Entrepreneurial Marketing. Nditsimikiza kuti ndikuphatikizapo nkhani ya LittlePod mu maphunziro anga.

Mawu a LittlePod ndi akuti 'chepetsani zinthu kuti zinthu zichitike'. Ichi ndi chinthu chomwe chinandikhudza kwambiri panthawi yomwe ndidakhala kuno. LittlePod anandithandiza kuzindikira kuti, kale, ndinkagwira ntchito mopitirira muyeso. Ndinayamba kumvetsetsa kuti ndiyenera kuchita zinthu pang'onopang'ono kuti zinthu ziyende bwino. Janet anali wodabwitsa. Anamvetsa kuti ndine mayi wodziyimira pawokha ndipo anali wosinthasintha pankhani ya banja. LittlePod anandipatsa kumva ngati ndili wotetezeka komanso kukhala ndi nthawi ndi malo oti ndiganizire za njira zotsatirazi. Nthawi zonse ndimakonda malowa - omwe Janet amatcha 'eco-bubble' yaying'ono. Ndi paradaiso yaying'ono - malo oti muiwale mavuto ndikumva kuti muli otetezeka, ozunguliridwa ndi chilengedwe ndi mbalame.

Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri kugwira ntchito ku LittlePod. Ngati mumagwira ntchito ku kampani iyi, mutha kuuza anthu kuti, 'Ndikudziwa kuti tikuchita bwino padziko lapansi'. LittlePod imalankhula mwachindunji ndi alimi - si njira zitatu kapena zinayi zomwe zachotsedwa - ndipo, ndi mtima wonse, ndinganene kuti, 'tapanga kusiyana kwa anthu awa'. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri, makamaka ngati ndinu munthu wotsatira mfundo monga ine. Kukhala mbali ya kampani yomwe mumakhulupiriradi ndipo mungadzitamandire kuiyimira m'mbali zonse kwakhala kwapadera kwambiri kwa ine. Zakhala zodabwitsa kwambiri kukhala mbali ya kampani ngati LittlePod, kuiwona ikugwira ntchito komanso kukhala m'gulu la anthu okonda kwambiri.

Palibe masiku awiri ku LittlePod omwe ndi ofanana. Ichi ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri chogwira ntchito mu kampani yaying'ono. Mutha kutenga nawo mbali pazinthu zambiri za bizinesi. Zingakhale zotsegula maso. Kukumana ndi anthu osangalatsa, kulandira maimelo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi komanso kugwira ntchito ndi Richard ndi Paul ngati gulu lolimba, zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri. Chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndaphunzira kwa Janet ndi kufunika koyambitsa ubale ndi anthu omwe ali pamlingo womwewo ndi inu chifukwa mudzakula limodzi. Zimenezo zinandikhudza kwambiri. Monga LittlePod, tsopano ndikupanga gulu, anthu akuyamba, akugwirizana komanso akuthandizana paulendo wawo.

Ndinkaganiza kuti ndinamvetsa LittlePod ndisanabwere kudzagwira ntchito kuno. Ndinkadziwa kuti LittlePod ndi bizinesi yokhazikika komanso yokhazikika pa zinthu zofunika kwambiri. Koma sindinkadziwa kuti zonsezi zimafunika ndalama zingati. Sindinkadziwa kuti ndani amagwiritsa ntchito Zogulitsa za LittlePod – kuyambira ophika buledi ndi opanga mowa ku Devon mpaka opanga ndi ophika akatswiri padziko lonse lapansi. Sindinazindikire kuti LittlePod ili ndi mphamvu zotani. Ndaphunzira zambiri ndipo ndikudabwabe ndi zonse zomwe Janet wakhala akukumana nazo komanso zonse zomwe Janet wakhala akukumana nazo m'zaka 15 zapitazi kuti LittlePod afike pano. Ndikuyamikira kwambiri kuti ndapatsidwa mwayi uwu woti ndiphunzire ndekha tanthauzo la kuyendetsa bizinesi yokhazikika.

Kuchokera ku gulu la LittlePod kuno ku East Devon, tikukukumbatirani ndi vanilla ndipo tikuyamikira Melissa chifukwa cha zomwe wapereka ku Kampeni ya Vanila YeniyeniMukufuna kudziwa zambiri zokhudza Melissa, Atsogoleri a Mtima ndi Uphungu wake wa Bizinesi Wanzeru? Chonde chonde. pitani patsamba lake apa.