Failure is Potential

Adam Grant : What separates the good from the great is the willingness to try new things. So often successful people and successful groups get stuck in a rut because they basically follow the same routines that have made them successful. If you're a sports team, that just makes you more predictable. If you're a company, it means you choose to stand still and make it easy either to miss major waves of change, or for other companies to disrupt you. And as an individual, it means you don't grow. Below are some notes from my past experience from different companies I have worked with. Coordination There is a lack of coordination within departments and how they interact with each other. A main cause of this is the build of bureaucracy, which I will discuss separately. The organizational chart inhibits interaction as it is seen as black and white, whereas it should be seen as written with pencil, to be changed when needed by management, the departments or...

For me, part of worklife means to travel. My customers aren't near me, neither reachable by car nor train. The obvious choice is to use the plane, which is my preferred choice. I've flown for well over a decade and in that time, many things have changed. When I started to fly, to be a be able to reach a certain airline status, for me it was Lufthansa Senator, it truly meant something in the travel world. It wasn't a free ticket to just food, but the stewardesses on the flights would greet you at your seat, small little perks and gestures made flying in economy a treat with possible uprades. Today it is merely seen a right of each traveler, no matter what level of card they have. Lounges are filled to the brink, on most days without possible seating, staff overworked and cleanliness not always up to par. Many, I can't say how many, passengers are just rude towards the stewardesses and service personal in both lounges and on board. It saddens me to see, that su...