Strong and enduring market demand is often about fundamental needs. Food, housing, and basic clothing (not fashion) are some of the known categories. One of these strong and long lasting need was satisfied when the graphic user interface of PC’s replaced command line interface. People no longer had to study complicated computer language to use the devices. Demand has endured
Some job roles in the society require people to make judgments. Judgments can range from judicial cases to fight resolutions in homes. Problem arises when the judgment is mistaken, but revising the decision is difficult. Difficulty in overturning the decision is high when people lose face, cause demerits to previously unaffected groups, or reduces the authoritative influence of the role/job
Process cultivates behavior, and behavior cultivates culture. Company culture is primarily a combination work procedures, operation management structure, and shared assumptions in the organization. In business entities, the ability to change is necessary to operate with flexibility. Generally, fast paced industries require higher flexibility. When the pace of change is slow, the organization runs the risk of falling behind, using
a) Relationships not established ▪ All relationships are based on trust, and relationships allow collaboration towards bigger goals than one can achieve alone. The society is a collection of many groups of individuals, each laboring towards their own goals. When distrust comes first, relationships do not develop, and obligations do not get done. b) Me priority ▪ Excessive focus on
Refusing admission: Changes start when the problem is acknowledged. Without proper admission of the problem, appropriate cause analysis will not occur. In these cases, people may refuse to acknowledge mistakes or may justify wrongness. Inertia of the old ways: Some of the factors that contribute to the undesirable operations are fixed mindset, work practices optimized for the previous workflow, and
1) Job training program ▪ reduce unemployment and enhance resource mobility 2) Profitable business operation ▪ generate job opportunities 3) Metrics to ensure income distribution ▪ Number of people employed in the industry per year ▪ Mean adjusted disposable income of the industry employees • Net disposable income of current year by various income brackets of previous year • Net
In manufacturing, visualization of problems is common. Highlighting the problem as a metric draws attention and improvement is accelerated. For example, the effectiveness of this method has been proven in firms that produce high quality products. However, visualization is often not practiced in non-manufacturing, office areas. The burden seems to be in analyzing the work process and in determining the
Visions should capture demand that will remain relatively unchanged over a period of time. To allow time to build competence in the long term, the target demand should be strong and large in scale. The Maslow’s hierarchy of Needs identifies a few areas of strong and unchanging demand. On the other hand, preferences like the favorite ice cream flavor, popular
Solving everyday problems is important. Yet, adopting the long term perspective and creating solutions for the root cause of problems are necessary. When a country lacks strength, the strategy to move out of poverty may be 1) investment in proven ideas and markets known to exist (fast runner-up) and 2) incremental buyer merit increase and lower price than competitors for similar benefits (economy
Good ears are essential to learn music and new languages. Likewise, the attitude to listen is required to acquire new ideas and information. With age, learning new concepts becomes both easy and difficult. Learning is easy when the new idea is based on previously acquired information. Learning is difficult and takes times when the new idea contradicts previous knowledge. Learning
When problems arise, we attempt to solve the problem by addressing the events caused. This approach delivers perceivable results in the short term, but it may not solve the problem’s root cause. Without eliminating the root cause, the undesirable events may occur again. Poverty is a problem that exists in both developing and advanced economies. It is not an inevitable
Communication is the action to transfer thoughts, ideas, and knowledge from one person to another, and the process is bidirectional. Good communication can be ensured through confirmation for correct understanding of the person communicated. Correct understanding requires comprehension of the communication context, because the same word can have different meanings depending on the context. For example, the meaning of the