by Rick Baker
On Jan 23, 2013
Thought Tweet #658 Jog a mile in the other person's shoes.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
- The times are a-changing...at a fast & ever-increasing pace.
- Walk a mile in the other guy's shoes...old but good advice...assuming you actually know how to walk a mile in your own.
- Baby Steps: crawl before you walk, walk before you jog, jog before you run, & run before you sprint & do hurdles.
- Talk the Talk, Walk The Walk, & Run the Run.
by Rick Baker
On Dec 27, 2012
Business contains only 3 things: People, Process, & Situations.
And in this new era, if leaders don't get the People part right - their businesses fail.
That last sentence was qualified by the words "in this new era". In this new era, if leaders don't get the People part right then their businesses will fail.
Q: What's changed?
Q: What's escalated to importance of getting the People part right?
A1: Technology has changed & escalated.
A2: People have changed & escalated.
Handful of examples & explanations:
- Technology has changed: this point can be summed up in one word - Google.
- The pace of Technology has escalated exponentially - from slide rule to electronic calculator to PC to iPhone and in less than 40 years.
- Technology & People have changed: from closed/corporate-created Encyclopedia Britannica to open/volunteer-created Wikipedia in less than a generation. [the "Information Free-For-All"]
- People have changed: they read differently now...tending to scan and look for small bullets of information rather than wading through paragraphs.
- The pace of People's lives has escalated: from multiple cars taking-kids-to-sports-events-and-lots-of-other-after-hours-activities to 5,000 advertising hits per day, [the "Attention-Getting Dilemma"...the "Attention Free-For-None"].
Yes, Leaders need to know their People are experiencing:
- an Information Free-For-All
- an Attention Free-For-None.
People struggle with New Things.
Leaders are uniquely positioned to help People remove/reduce their struggles.
Helping People understand and handle the Information Free-For-All and the Attention Free-For-None situation as it applies to business, that's one way Leaders can get the People part right.
by Rick Baker
On Dec 17, 2012
Thought Tweet #631 Business Leaders must help people handle the Information Free-For-All and the Attention Free-For-None situation.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Information Free-For-All
The Pros include:
- the creation of Wikipedia, by volunteers contributing over more than 100,000,000 hours of information entry,
- real-time access to worldwide information,
- fantastic education and entertainment in a small smart phone...or an even smaller device if you wish
- the ability to connect 7/24/anywhere
- ever-increasing and improving measurement capabilities
The Con is Attention Free-For-None.