Sunday, October 02, 2005

Innovate - Do something different today

Innovation, Change, Action, Agile......

These are all the things a business needs to stay feasible in today's world! I actually have the privilege of working for one of these companies. For privacy reasons, I can't really talk about who they are, but I can say that they have reinvented themselves over the past two years.

That reinvention bodes well for their future. They've taken old school determination and applied themselves to new, inventive ways of doing things that breeds creativity. They are re-creating themselves from the inside out. They are also creating awe-inspiring potential, by allying with their technology partners to solve problems and create new solutions for business.

While this type of change takes time to reach into every facet of a company, the enthusiasm and infectious nature of it, really are spreading to the people who work for them and are generating the opposite of what I complained about in my last post; They are creating desire for change, desire to innovate and also putting in place essential tools and people to remove the artificial boundaries that prevent a company from innovating and moving forward.

It's exciting to see a company implementing the things that will not only make it an exciting place to work, but as this Idea Virus grows and spreads, will launch themselves and their customers into the next generation of technology and enabling business success.

Their people are the key to this, the people working for them that are spreading the excitement and potential. So, while there may be a struggle with growing pains and some fight for mediocrity, others are pushing the envelope for success. That's where I want to hitch my star, with those who are driving this better, making it grow and creating the atmosphere that makes a company and their customers successful.

People who aren't in groups or companies with that kind of vision, have to become the driver. Take hold of the infection and excitement, in fact, generate it yourself. The naysayers will eventually be caught up with, they will obsolete themselves if they don't catch on. In the technology arena, don't let those types obsolete you by absorbing their philosophies; instead, grow yourself and move forward, generate good change littered with new and common sense ideas.

Be innovative, it's what you as a person were born to do!

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