Peter Drucker, someone I think very highly of, indicated something that we have seen validated on many occasions over the years.
Many businesses are more than concerned about developing their resources than undertaking processes to help their people become more productive. This is coupled with the need for life-long learning. Your business needs to consider that the most valueable resource you have is your people, your employees.
We need to look beyond the normal development of people, including training, learning on the job, college education, experimental training, attending seminars and workshops and various other ways of developing people.
There is a need to look at how we think; the attitudes and beliefs that frame our thinking in making decisions. How we think influences our actions. The success of a business may depend on the caliber of the thinking involved.
Within the next 25 years or possibly sooner, computers will have the thinking capability of the human mind. It is estimated that within the following 25 years, computers will have the capability of the combined thinking of all minds in the world. That is an extremely significant factor in all of our lives.
The development of the mind and thought process is still developing. The key thing is to have a process for developing the mind in relation to the business thinking. This doesn’t mean the normal and perhaps conventional business thinking that may prevail in today’s business environment. How are decisions made in your business? How do you asses information? Consider the minimum amount of information you need to make the maximum decision. In this business environment of information overload and the type and amount of information you are exposed to, the best suited for the alternatives you are looking for?
Who are the thinkers in your business and who are the creative people in you business? Do you solicit input from both groups of people to obtain a well-rounded thought process?
Problem solving and decisions are two important components of the thinking process of all owners, managers, executives and employees.
Garry Haggart, CPC, is a management, marketing and performance development consultant and facilitator. He can be reached at 661-259-2530.