November 23rd, 2009 The Creative Economy
Lately I’ve been passing around a video that brings people to tears and has them cheering for the speaker’s point of view. Gary Hamel is one of a series of speakers on business sustainability at msnbc.com.
In “How to fix today’s workforce“, his core message states: “Wealth creation is a product of new ideas and innovation.” Obedience, diligence and intelligence are becoming global commodities, easily purchased anywhere. These traits are commanded, whereas initiative, creativity, and passion can only be volunteered. It is the goal of management to create the environment in which their employees will volunteer the gifts of their intiative, creativity, and passion. Most people watching this video recognize the extent to which the companies they work for do not create this ideal environment.
In other YouTube videos Hamel decries how much management has not kept up with or even reflected these principles, that if used, could help them out perform this dismal economy.
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