Open Your Eyes to the Solutions – Involve Your People

Just a thought for the day for those businesses which are struggling or are perhaps have resigned themselves to merely survive and weather the storm. Every day presents new opportunities, creativity can flourish and ideas can be created. Trying something new should always be the prerequisite, if you don’t someone else will.

"You are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence and success. The problem is, you just don't see them."

Jay Abraham

The business world is constantly in flux, new challenges are emerging daily, new competitors surfacing and new standards being set. With the degree of change therein lies the temptation to throw in the towel and give up when it all just gets too much. We can become blind to the solutions, support and knowledge which permeates the world of business and in itself can seem a tad complex.

A business manager has a complex role to play, the tasks and responsibilities diverse however large or small the business. The functions within your organisation shouldn’t be underestimated and you should always look to the future… Whatever your size today, surely you aspire to achieve growth?

Teamwork and employee involvement is what I believe to be the key to opening up our minds to the solutions which may otherwise dismiss or fail to notice.
With innovation now being a key success driver, how can one person or even a small percentage of people within an organisation be expected to take on the mammoth responsibility to be consistently creative? Every member or your workforce will bring something to the table; they just need the opportunity to do so!

“Innovation today isn’t a sudden break with the past, a brilliant insight that one lone outsider pushes through to save the company. Just the opposite: innovation today is a continuous process of small and constant change, and it’s built into the culture of successful companies.”

Janet Rae-Dupree

“…the group effort allows us to move much more quickly and become successful much faster.”

Chris MacCarthy – Director of the Innovation and Learning Network