"A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation."
Andrew Grove
Founder of Intel
Does the corporation exist if there are no employees? Legally possibly but in reality? I don't think so and if not then the "living organism" Grove refers to is people; individuals who must continually evolve if they are to survive.
In my experience the successful ones, both the people and by extension the corporations, are those who constantly reassess themselves; what they do, where they are headed and how they will get there.
Unfortunately too few do this and over time either fall to the side plodding along or go away altogether. Demanding change and planning how you want it to happen is the key to success.
Founder of Intel
Does the corporation exist if there are no employees? Legally possibly but in reality? I don't think so and if not then the "living organism" Grove refers to is people; individuals who must continually evolve if they are to survive.
In my experience the successful ones, both the people and by extension the corporations, are those who constantly reassess themselves; what they do, where they are headed and how they will get there.
Unfortunately too few do this and over time either fall to the side plodding along or go away altogether. Demanding change and planning how you want it to happen is the key to success.
It's funny that we talk so much about the "company" as if it were a living thing, but it's not. Take the people out and all you have is an empty building.
ReplyDeleteThis and the next post has prompted me to think about how my company will change its growth planning. More emphasis on purposeful evolution.