The Sales Archaeologist

I was watching a documentary on World War 1 the other day and it was discussing the advances in technology and the impact those advances had on the war itself. One of those advances was the machine gun - it was introduced early in the war and even with this new opponent soldiers were still ordered to perform the same maneuvers as prior to its use. The results - millions of young men died almost needlessly.
Another invention was the tank - it was designed to overcome the problems the machine gun was causing, and it would have, however the generals and leaders of the day didn't like this new concept and didn't understand it fully so it sat in a warehouse somewhere unused until the very end of the war.
Lesson - Business is a war. Are your people still using outdated methods, ineffective methods or are they finding ways to utilize technology to their benefit. As the leader of a company are you taking advantage of new systems and tools that might help your people perform? are your competitors gunning your people down on the field without so much as a chance of success? Posted by Frank at 7:24 AM 3 comments