Business management skills can originate from the left side of the brain or the right side. The left side deals with numbers, analysis, logic and so on, while the right side is much more romantic, dealing with imagination and creativity.
Take the model of a left-brained company, British Risk Aversion plc, or BRA, where:
* New ideas are often dismissed;
* The organisation isn’t always driven by external needs;
* The emphasis within the organisation is on problem solving;
* The most valued attributes of the organisation are stability and experience;
* The success of the company is put before the good of the individual;
* The dominant processes are command and control;
* Changing the corporate mind-set is almost impossible.
Whereas in ACE – Adventure Corporation of Europe:
* New and creative ideas are welcomed and encouraged;
* The focus is mainly on the customer’s needs;
* Taking advantage of new opportunities is the corporate emphasis;
* Among the most valued characteristics are motivation and innovation;
* The aims of the corporation and the individual are largely aligned;
* All staff are afforded autonomy and they can show their initiative;
* Minds and policies are often changed, depending on circumstance.
Freer, easier and mostly right-brained, ACE is a far more enjoyable and better place to work than BRA, and much likelier to embrace the new – in fact, that’s what the whole organisation is geared towards.
Business management skills should be honed to produce a combination of the measured prudence of BRA with the dynamic adventurism of ACE. Long-lasting success will result from that left-right combination.
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