Planet Earth ….
The technological revolution rages on.
New-world rebels representing the networked economy are besieging the old
world with the most sophisticated weaponry ever seen.
Old-world traders are being told 'destroy your business' and 'evolve
or die' by the new rebel leaders. And all those who fail to respond will
be mercilessly sacrificed in the new economy. Little regard is shown to
the history of these dominant, commercial leviathans.
However, some of the new-world rebels are also falling from the skies –
those who flew too close to the sun – exemplifying for others the new
intolerance of recklessness and ineptitude. They are being sacrificed for the
greater good.
Until now …
Until V--d-- …
… a new force and its guardians, sworn to uphold the visionary yet
beautifully simple secret of the force, and to share its rewards.
The team will use the force to mentor, coach and convert old-world giants and
headstrong rebel forces to fly in the new dawn.
The fundamental belief behind V--d-- is that the old world and the new can
coexist and cooperate, by sharing the wisdom of experience with the energy
and vigour of youth.
The power of V--d--
!!
The key attributes of Fast businesses
include:
 | The ability to be virtual. |
| Openness in recruiting talent from outside, even at senior
management level. |
| Close proximity to the customer. |
| Courageous and risk-embracing leadership. |
| Thinking BIG, acting small…
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For every Slow business, extrapolating the past in terms of business
structure and philosophy, there’s a St Luke’s blowing the past to reinvent
the future.
For every company obsessed with the physical,
there’s a Visa, everywhere and nowhere.
For every product-obsessed company, there’s an
Amazon or a South West Airlines, branding, amazing, delighting.
For every organisation paralysed by caution and
control, there’s a GE and a Dell, pushing back the boundaries of
what’s possible …
|
Personal V--d-- ...
"The
syndrome of employment as (a) ghost-marriage is a great danger to one's personal
V--d--. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, staff stay on and on, not
daring to imagine, let alone attempt, the single life again. This slow
paralysing of thought, innovation and empowerment wreaks havoc in time on any
healthy organisational system - and on the personal system."
"Create and establish your own goals and your own road map for your own
success."
" ... see your organisation as a temporary partner in your life but not the
means and the end of it. Your company (employer) is a momentary co-creator with
you of developments, growth, learning, fulfilment, meaning and wealth - not the
source or benefactor of those crucial things.
This mind-set, funnily enough, will reciprocate your organisation's real
thoughts about you ..."
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