"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status." -- Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American educator and formulator of "The Peter Principle."
Blowing Past the Bureaucracy: How To Think More Like An Entrepreneur |
Remember the Biblical story of David and Goliath? It's a classic of its type, right up there with Jack and the Beanstalk. In both cases, a little guy shocks the world by using speed, agility, and audacity to bring down an "unbeatable" giant.
Corporations must become nimble and flexible enough to out-maneuver larger competitors. Consider Apple, which the late Steve Jobs saved from terminal bureaucratitis with innovative thinking and outside-the-box leadership. Jobs didn't just blow past corporate bureaucracy; he scoured most of it away and oiled Apple's joints so it could move forward again. You can do the same, even if your organization has become big, complacent, and slow. Yank yourself up out of that mindset. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to work harder-just work on the right things.
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1. Build a Culture of Speed. Slim down your workflow processes, lubricate them with good leadership and empowerment, and get out of the way. Interfere with your employees only when things either break down or appear likely to. Ultimately, your job is to help others do their jobs: to smooth the way by building strategic plans, bulldozing information silos, eliminating bottlenecks, and constructing simple but workable bridges to other work-groups, departments, partners-and the future.
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