Conforming Environment Challenges
New ideas … are not born in a conforming environment. Roger von Oech, Writer
Paradigms
Break the Rules
People work for a big company usually because of its strength, security, benefits, and stability. All of which are not found in a small company. As well, big companies offer challenges and resources to do things small company employees can only dream of. In big organizations, there is often a well-defined career path. Big projects …
Do It Your Way
So you’ve got a great idea and you don’t want to share it. Well find your risk sensitivity. Are you risk taking or risk averse? If you like risks, one option is go out on your own. If you have a good track record, chances are you’ll attract investment like flowers attract bees.
Be An Entrepreneur
I’ve started a number of small businesses. Some tanked, others broke even, and one or two actually made money. This is after years of very hard work – many 80-hour weeks and little pay. Would I do it again? You bet, in a heartbeat – no in a nanosecond! Why? It’s partly freedom and the …
Obstacles vs. Opportunities
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between an obstacle and an opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. Victor Kiam, CEO Remington
Career Resiliency
Each of these is a stimulus to examine what you do right, what should be different, and to conduct a career gap analysis. This is hard because you may have to stare at the mirror and conduct an objective analysis. I call this the ‘career ledger sheet.’ What are your career assets and liabilities? …
Get Clued in What’s Happening in Your Business
What competitive or business challenges does your company face? Again, your company may be your employer or you. These may include change in the customer base, loss of revenue, thin profit margins, limited resources, or increased competition. These challenges are the opportunities or the stimuli for updating your career, finding new customers, developing new lines …
What’s the Right Work Structure?
What’s the right type of structure or organization for a Brand U or New Economy company? No one knows what’s best. There’s a lot of speculation. Peter Drucker, the eminent management expert, says “every organization … will have to be designed for a specific task, time, and place.[i] In other words, Brand U work and …
Selling Skills to the Highest Bidder
According to the Handy work model, an organization’s middle ring is composed of Brand U portfolio or project people who have specific skills the organization needs for special projects. In this model, the middle ring Brand U’s have a bundle of skills that can be sold to the highest bidder, much like engineers, writers, architects …
Only Internet Companies
In five years’ time, all companies will be Internet companies, or they won’t be companies at all. Andy Grove, Chairman of Intel