Why Change?Written by Robert Brents
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What's hard is getting momentum built up in first place. Once you have momentum going -- and most big organizations that have been around a while have this -- they have a tendency to keep going in same direction, because it's hard for them -- impossible really -- to turn on a dime. The point is that to change, you have to change momentum. You cannot count on environment to change your momentum. For things to change for you, you've got to change. For momentum of an organization to change or be redirected, you must take action to cause that change to happen. For things to get better for you or your organization, you or your organization have to get better. And that almost always means changing. Using Pareto Perspective is one of ways of identifying and implementing change. It's not be-all and end-all. I'm not pretending that it is. But it is a very powerful way of implementing change with a very simple Paradigm Shift (a term coined by Thomas S. Kuhn in his 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions). An abused term, but nevertheless still valid. Paradigm Shift in simplest terms means changing way you think about things, your constructs, you world-view. So by extension, for things to change for you, you've got to change your thinking. Which leads to "for things to change for you, you've got to change your actions." Insanity has been defined as doing same things over and over again yet expecting a different result. No wonder people end up in asylums -- and corporations end up in bankruptcy court. People and companies would rather be able to do same thing and get better results because something else changes -- world, for example. Not going to happen. 9/11 not withstanding, things are going to be pretty much like they've always been. Yes, there'll be some tweaking of things at margins, but momentum of world-as-we-know-it will continue pretty much intact, until and unless there is a MAJOR catastrophe (like a really big rock falling out of sky -- as has happened several times before). So we have to change. Our companies have to change. We have to get better. Our companies have to get better. Or we -- and they -- will get extinct.
Robert Brents, "The 80/20 Guy" Create Outrageous Success Through P.A.R.E.T.O.! http://www.RobertBrents.com / RobertBrents@RobertBrents.com I work with organizations that want to focus resources on breakthrough objectives and with decision-makers who want to create outrageous success.
| | An Odyssey We Never ExpectedWritten by Dave Barrett
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It used to take tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to open a small business. That usually meant a lot of time trying to find investors or bank loans or both. Today anyone, anywhere, can get up and running, with a product to sell and a website that accepts credit cards to sell it on, for under a hundred dollars. If that sounds remarkable to you, it's because it is. The Internet is fast becoming world's number one marketing outlet. Millions of people every day are opening their wallets and making purchases online. Downloadable information and books are top sellers with retail merchandise a close second. If you have something to sell, there's no better place than Internet. A new career as an Internet Entrepreneur can be a mouse click away. All information and tools you need to start, run, and market your new enterprise is available online. You've always dreamed of being your own boss. Now you can! Kubrick's idea of future never came close to tragic reality that was 2001. And 2002 is already showing signs that it might be taking us on a bumpy ride. The one thing that seems to remain constant is American people's tenacity. It's that constant that makes us strong... and makes us spend.
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