Re-Invented…and flowing with the Go!
Many years ago, my company office was a closed door affair. I’d work behind the scenes and occasionally I’d be interrupted by a phone-call or a knock on the door. The next evolution was to have an open plan. A contact of mine advanced the idea that we should knock down the walls and open up to new ideas. After flattening as many walls as we could without bringing the roof down on us, we settled down to business.
The next change was when I was asked to consider hiring people who were “off-the-wall” Well, with few walls to begin with, I hinted that we might as well consider the ceiling a `wall’ in that case; but I went along with the recommendation because I’m all about looking beyond the horizon.
Well, at the beginning of this month I stumbled on a new phrase that literally turned our conventional wisdom on its head. My HR team leader came to me and told me that we should consider hiring those people who could do the job “while standing on their heads” as he put it. It’s supposed to be so easy for the person, that they could do the job without having to think about it.
So, we’ve gone from looking forwards, being off the wall, to now standing on our heads around here. Some might think we’re nuts and I had a few comments when I published the internal newsletter with the articles upside down. My new motto is to flow with the go, because it’s better than going with the flow.
