Recently I attended an event that featured 5 speakers that provided advice about the trials and tribulations of life. Here’s one profound thought from each speaker that might come in handy in your pursuit of solving business problems:
- Discovering something is better than being given something.
- Complain first, understand second.
- Count your blessings.
- Find your place in the world, if it’s not working for you, get off the train and find a new spot.
- Living on good deeds of the past only gets you so far.
Here’s the rest of the story: The people that provided this advice were all soon to be high school graduates. It’s amazing how wise people are, in this case wise beyond their years.
As I listened I could only think how this type of thinking will positively impact the world in the future. I could only think how many business problems could be solved by people in organizations—by people we might not think have the experience or knowledge.
All we have to do is ask!
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Kurt Sima is VP/Sr. Consultant at the Center for Sales Strategy
kurtsima@csscenter.com 740-405-2960
Here’s a quick list of signs or symptoms your problems solving method might not be working:
- You’ve invested company resources (time, money, people), and your problems still exist.
- The solutions you’ve developed and implemented have resulted in finger pointing and wider separation between your silos.
- Things improved for a while as a result of solutions you’ve developed and implemented; only to reappear (bigger than ever).
- Talented people have departed your organization due to your chronic, complex problems.
- Co-workers that used to be engaged with solving problems are no longer up to the task—in fact they go the other direction when they see you coming.
Check out A Better Way to Solve Complex Problems if your traditional business problem solving approach is not working.
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Kurt Sima is VP/Sr. Consultant at the Center for Sales Strategy
kurtsima@csscenter.com 740-405-2960
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