People ask me – what do you do (as a job)? I generally dont know how to answer… mainly because I don’t do one particular thing as a job. Or two things for that matter.
Over the past 4 years, my job has been simple – jump into a rocky ship, assume control and bring calm, exit when the client is happy. Since each client has their own unique problem, there is no way that a particular skill or technique can be repetitively applied.
Or is there.
The mantra of the modern organization is to work smart and be productive. The reality however is the same 100 year old process – most organizations are run as a factory. There are bosses and there are minions. The minions are not responsible for making active decisions, and the bosses push that responsibility higher up the hierarchy and make it someone else’s problem.
The result is an ineffective, static and dull work environment filled with 9-5ers who don’t really deliver results results, and turn up mainly because they need to pay their bills.
The only way to get rid of this stupid stupid stupid structure is to make people responsible for what goes out of the door. If minions are made responsible for what they ship, they can vouch for the quality, the efficiency, and the end result.
I don’t believe that there is such a thing as smart working. Work can be done only one way – responsibly.
