Your Strategy And Your Team
Culture doesn’t eat your strategy for breakfast. People do.
Organization – what does it mean?
It means some people (more than two) who gathered together to do what non of them can do on their own. One person, however smart she is, is unable to create a computer, or a car. An individual can’t build a factory or a railroad system. We need many people acting together to create complex, big things or systems.
But what makes people work together?
Many years ago the answer was simple. People needed money to support their families, and the easiest way to earn it was joining an organisation. But this answer doesn’t seem that simple and obvious anymore.
Meaning of life
The times, they are a-changing
Bob Dylan
Even 30 or 40 years ago only few people saw the meaning of their life in their work. For others work was a necessity, a burden, a place where they exchanged their lifetime for money and an ability to buy things.
A couple of years ago, I had a debate with my father (who's retired now). For him, work used to be an action he h…