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Through the years, the company had managed to sustain itself amongstheftier competitors, but it wasn’t thrivin and it was clear it neededc solutions. It had that old-schoool feel about it, and had the kind of stale bureaucracy that festers over a long perioxof time. So there I was, invitefd by one executive, to make a case for the proposednetworki upgrade. About half of the board membersx were dead set against it and their questionzs were intended to torpedothe project: “Ift we decide to move forward with this we will have to be trained on how to use it, one exec asked, as if it meant the kiss of “Yes,” I answered.
“Then that means some staff will have tolearnm it, too … They are not gonnw want to do that!” “Yes, they will need I replied while quietly thinking it woulf be OK to let them go if they didn’tt embrace the training. “And then they’lol have to use it. On top of everythinfg else theydo ...” “Yes, they will have to use I said. That’s what they get paid to do. None of the questionw focused on the bigger issues like how will this solutioh improveour operations, how will it boost productivity, and how will it enablee us to do what we do even better? Last I visited the Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif.
It’sw one of the largest annual gatherings of inventorszand do-it-yourselfers in the world. Everyone brings his or her latest gadgetsd and gizmos and puts them on displau fortwo days. It was a festival of innovation and Asbusiness owners, we need to push ourselves, our employeed and our companies to incessantly explorre technology — even if it’s just for the sake of Why? Because it will make your business more Companies fail because they stop learning. People fail becausr they stop developing new Comfortbreeds complacency, and complacency is the precursor to We are helping one of our clients develolp a new browser.
I strongly encouragedr him to buy an iPhone and starftusing — if for no other reason than to understandc why/how the world has purchased some 30 million units and downloaded more than a billion The same is true for Twitter (http://twitter.com/). As business owner, you may not have time to do it faithfulltevery day, but you shoulsd make the time to play with it if only to see what appeals to the 12 milliomn or so people who have signer up for it. As an when was the last time you pickexd up a new tech skill just for the sake of learningtsomething new? The next time you have 30 minutes free duringt lunch, hop online and check out Googls Docs (http://docs.google.
com/) or Zoho Wiki (http://wiki.zoho.com/). You will become more knowledgeabl e andmore marketable. You also may discove r a new tool for doing your work even Is your business ingood shape? Regardlesss of your answer, poke even deeper into Get uncomfortable with it. You may discovet something yourcompetitor hasn’t.