On Seeing - Indian Style
Copyright Jack Mixner. 714 449 1040. www.mixnerstrategy.com
Normal science says that waiting too long to repair congenital defects or injuries to eyes may curtail any benefit from the repair. The point was that the wait during formative years when the brain wires itself to see is enough to ensure that the wiring - and eventual ability to see - will never occur because of a long wait.
New data is in. In a series of instances, older, blind children have had their injuries repaired and ultimately taught themselves to see again, defying Western medicine (Sayre).
The point? It's never too late to begin repairs, to your eyes - or your business.
I suspect that failures in business vision are repairable if you take the time to try.
Even if you don't call business a science, flawed visions for the future will respond to changes and course corrections. Do three things to maximize the results from changes:
- Pick a team that can change.
- Make sure they have an implementable plan that they all understand.
- Speed up the pace for results by focusing not on the planning process, but on implementation.
References
Sayre, Carolyn. An Unlikely Vision. Defying scientific dogma, blind kids in India are learning to see. BusinessWeek. 5 March 2007. Page 61.