| ashu |
Posted
on 09-Apr-01 06:49 AM
There's this article in The Harvard Business Review (January-February, 2000;
page 116). It is an interview with Michael Eisner, the CEO of Disney.
In the interview, Eisner says what Disney does best is come up with ideas
after ideas, and goes on describe how Disney manages to support
innovation:
"This whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out
of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate
friction. We create a very loose environment where people are not afraid to
speak their minds and be irreverent. They say what they think, and they are
urged to advocate strongly for ideas. That can be very noisy. It can be hard, too,
because when you're loose, you say a lot of things, you challenge, you cajole
and you provoke. Uninhibited discussion gets ideas out there so that we can
look at them and make them better or just get rid of them if they don't work."
If "uninhibited discussion" is the conceptual mantra at Disney, one of the
world's most successful companies, then, surely that too be a mantra
for this GBNC Web site so that best ideas -- no matter where they
come up -- rise to the top, while weaker ones fall by the wayside.
Long live public uninhibited discussions!! Long live those who post
PUBLICLY relevant stuff in their one names and therefore stand
behind their postings.
oohi
ashu
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