1. Be creative
In a challenging business environment, there really has to be a place for thinking differently about how you 'do' things...
The innovation session concept which is the central pillar of what ideas-bg is concerned with, is about lateral thinking, thinking outside the box, and really breaking the mould from the 'everyday 'doing-ness'' of normal working days.
This idea that in the normal 'day to day' world we are so busy doing things, like the hamster on his wheel, to stop and just take in some new perspectives on 'what it is' we are doing.
It is practically guaranteed that with the right facilitation of an innovation 'day'...a day when you just don't do the things you would normally do, and with the right problem selection and the right problem stakeholders participating... you can generate many new ideas and perspectives around a key challenge you face.
So imagine a day when:
- you don't go the office, but 'somewhere else'
- you come in a bit later and dress casual
- you dedicate the day to a single challenge that your team or organisation faces
- you invite the 10-15 people who you believe have the best chance of overcoming the challenge
- you push hard just for ideas and structured perspectives on the challenge
- you prioritise and agree a way forward on the more promising new ideas and perspectives
- you finish early and take a long late lunch, relax and review the day in informal surroundings
- you don't go the office, but 'somewhere else'
- you come in a bit later and dress casual
- you dedicate the day to a single challenge that your team or organisation faces
- you invite the 10-15 people who you believe have the best chance of overcoming the challenge
- you push hard just for ideas and structured perspectives on the challenge
- you prioritise and agree a way forward on the more promising new ideas and perspectives
- you finish early and take a long late lunch, relax and review the day in informal surroundings
- head home with a very different perspective on your challenge than you had that morning
Such days, because they are rare - lets say somewhere between monthly and annually - do return great value. So I believe that if you run just one session on your most challenging 'business issue' during this crisis, with the right facilitation I believe you will get a sound return on your investment.
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Such days, because they are rare - lets say somewhere between monthly and annually - do return great value. So I believe that if you run just one session on your most challenging 'business issue' during this crisis, with the right facilitation I believe you will get a sound return on your investment.
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2. Stay calm
According to one book, in life or death survival scenarios the 90% that 'panic' don't make it, the 10% that 'stay calm' make it.
This is a tenuous link to Innovation, but is an interesting perspective on 'survival'. Very simply, I was recently looking for a book as a Christmas gift for my brother - he is keen on books about exploration, adventure, survival stories.
And I came across one which is specifically about what it is that's different about the 10% of people that survive in extreme 'life or death' survival scenarios, and intriguingly there are some common patterns in their outlook and behaviours under those conditions. So could this be relevant for the typical business owner / manager who has to survive the current crisis - reviewers of the book claim so, and I agree - why not?
More or less these are three common traits of the 'survivors':
1. They stay calm
2. They are decisive
3. They don't give up
1. They stay calm
2. They are decisive
3. They don't give up
As the author puts it the 10% that survive: "...are the ones who can perceive their situation clearly; they can plan and take correct action"
I can elaborate on that, but I don't see why I need to...take it or leave it.
This is the book - 'Deep Survival', by Laurence Gonzales. Seems like it is available in Bulgaria from http://www.helikon.bg/:
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