I totally agree and the Intel story is "one for the books" so to speak and it's remarkable in a sense that only when stepping outside a situation and forgetting what we know and what worked before, we can really achieve clarity and successfully move forward. Especially in business, fresh perspective and thinking outside the box, anticipating where the business should go and acting on it... that makes the difference between failure and great success. I'll add both books you mentioned into my book recommendations list to get a better understanding.
When I read the title and the article for the first time my initial reaction was: No! Why would I fire myself? I'm a good human being, doing a good job overall and I like myself. All good points but... am I great? Am I doing enough today to prepare me for a great me tomorrow? It's not easy to look in the mirror and determine that the real answer is: Yes! I need to fire myself and to allow myself to reflect on what needs to change and what's needed to do a better job when I re-hire myself. There's no better time for an article on this topic than the end of the year, when we reflect on the year coming to an end and also we hope and we prepare for a better future. Great article as always!
Thank you Minodora for the engagement and the feedback on what was your perspective. If we take the Intel analogy, it is about having the clarity to see where the curve jump will be so one can anticipate. That “curve jump” can be in technology, in skills, in customer trends, in internal transformations... Asking oneself how ready am I to be successful in that next curve is very important!
Thank you for clarifying Sebastian! If I understand this correctly, there're two different things that need to happen: first is to have clarity on where the "curve jump" will be and second: am I ready to be successful there? I'm curious if and how often you had to go through this process during your career?
I totally agree and the Intel story is "one for the books" so to speak and it's remarkable in a sense that only when stepping outside a situation and forgetting what we know and what worked before, we can really achieve clarity and successfully move forward. Especially in business, fresh perspective and thinking outside the box, anticipating where the business should go and acting on it... that makes the difference between failure and great success. I'll add both books you mentioned into my book recommendations list to get a better understanding.
When I read the title and the article for the first time my initial reaction was: No! Why would I fire myself? I'm a good human being, doing a good job overall and I like myself. All good points but... am I great? Am I doing enough today to prepare me for a great me tomorrow? It's not easy to look in the mirror and determine that the real answer is: Yes! I need to fire myself and to allow myself to reflect on what needs to change and what's needed to do a better job when I re-hire myself. There's no better time for an article on this topic than the end of the year, when we reflect on the year coming to an end and also we hope and we prepare for a better future. Great article as always!
Thank you Minodora for the engagement and the feedback on what was your perspective. If we take the Intel analogy, it is about having the clarity to see where the curve jump will be so one can anticipate. That “curve jump” can be in technology, in skills, in customer trends, in internal transformations... Asking oneself how ready am I to be successful in that next curve is very important!
Thank you for clarifying Sebastian! If I understand this correctly, there're two different things that need to happen: first is to have clarity on where the "curve jump" will be and second: am I ready to be successful there? I'm curious if and how often you had to go through this process during your career?
Exactly!!! That is the idea, although you can never know where the curve will go, but yes know there will be an inflection point coming