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4 August 2009 • 7:00 am
Make Your Organization Road-Ready
I started to wonder what it would take to make a car like that road-ready based on today’s standards. How much of the car was original, and how much was reconstructed using today’s technology and materials? Had there been any upgrades to the engine or exhaust, and did it have any hidden but modern features such as air conditioning or a CD player? Did it even have seat belts or any other more modern safety features? When building an existing organization for the future, we can ask ourselves similar questions.
The 76-year-old car I saw was well-kept and shiny. When the owner arrived, it started right up and he drove away.
Here’s another exercise, because metaphors are incredibly useful for thinking about your organization (or anything else) in new ways, and discovering ideas and insights that might otherwise be left undiscovered. Take a look at the picture of the antique car and ascribe parts of the car to features of your organization, department, process, etc. Then use that association to consider the questions above. Take the headlamps as an example:
You get the idea. (Editor’s note: This post first appeared in the Change Starts Here blog at Enclaria.com) |
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