While working with clients, I have found there are three levels of consciousness which represent the thinking of business people. Level 1 “We are in business to make money. The purpose of our business is to make money. We sell products/services that people want and in the process we make money. How can we sell more products/services so we can make more…
Note: This article was originally written for Disability Services Consulting an organisation serving the Australian Disability Services Sector. As a consultant in value creation, I am watching the disability services sector with much interest. My entrepreneurial side loves new marketplaces. When a new marketplace opens up they are, by definition, very inefficient. Potential customers are still learning about the value different suppliers offer and suppliers are still…
Jan 9th 2007 was a groundbreaking day for business. What happened on that day that had so much impact on the business world? That was the day Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc, stood on stage and announced the launch of the first iPhone. I recently went back and watched the launch on YouTube and was struck by the…
No this isn’t one of those feel good posts which is about to say how the world would be better off if we were less focused on making money (it would be, but that is a separate story). You see business really isn’t about making money. It never has been and it never will be. It just looks like business…
To continue the exploration of our relationship to money here are five things that really work about it. 1. Money is very easy to carry around in my pocket. If we were all trading cabbages I would need to wear much bigger pants.2. Money simplifies marketplaces. Without money, Victoria Market would be chaos. Fishmongers would be trying to swap trout…
Money holds a lot of energy for me. That is why I like to pull my relationship to it apart. The more aware I become, the more I realize that I give it credit in areas that are unwarranted and don’t give it enough credit in other areas. I think that is true for all of us. Next week I…
Here is the thing. 1. Being wealthy has little to do with having money however having money has a lot to do with being wealthy. (You may need to re-read that statement a few times) 2. Most people who aren’t wealthy, spend a lot of their time trying to get more money. That is why they are not wealthy –…
I wasn’t always scared of pain you know. There was a time when I felt pain, but I wasn’t scared of it. I have a 10 month old son Luke. He isn’t scared of pain. He feels pain. If you followed him around you would hear him cry between ten and 20 times a day. He tries to stand up,…
I feel the need to fit in as much as anyone. Fitting in has me feel safe and secure. I like to be around other people. Fitting in is foolish though. Here is why: A. To fit in with other people we have to dumb ourselves down. Well, at least one of us has to. When two people are in…
I have really begun to appreciate the power of chaos over the last few years. Particularly in a world where everyone is so drawn to structure. Structure is great for keeping things as they are. It is even great for getting you to a specific place, but it is terrible for facilitating change. Most of us have spent years building…