At a recent David Brandon talk (for Voices of the Staff), he stated "get better or get worse, we do not have the option of staying the same." Underlying this statement was the notion that everyone else is working to get better, so if you don't work to improve, then by doing nothing you get worse than your peers. That notion, that learning is a necessity even for those at the top of their game is something I have always believed in but could never express as eloquently as he did.
Suddenly, I started to think about organizations that were innovative when they were established, but then stopped growing and changing and soon slipped in comparison to all of their peers. While their peers learned and innovated from their ideas, they stopped....and got "worse".
How can flexible and dynamic processes be built into systems and organizations, so they continue to be leaders in the work?
Hello. I think that time off should be programmed in on a regular basis to keep people fresh and inventive, unspoiled by the grind. Too many mundane demands dry up clear thought and make people less productive.
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