I am currently reading Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin which is so compelling and purpose-filled, that I wanted to share an excerpt. The American Dream was:
Keep your head down
Follow instructions
Show up on time
Work hard
Suck it up
…you will be rewarded.
That dream is over.
“The new American Dream, the one that markets around the world are embracing as fast as they can, is this:”
Be remarkable
Be generous
Create art
Make judgement calls
Connect people and ideas
…and we have no choice but to reward you.
The American Dream
Seth has a point. Organizations seek and reward employees with passion and energy and are flexible in the face of change. Employers want their employees to be indispensable. The linchpin has power! “When your organization becomes more human, more remarkable, faster on its feet, and more likely to connect directly with customers, it becomes indispensable.” So what the boss really wants in an employee is an artist who changes everything and makes dreams come true, can see the reality of today and and describe a better tomorrow. What the boss really wants is a linchpin. If he can’t have a linchpin, he’ll have to settle for a regular cheap drone. Are you a linchpin or a drone?
9 March, 2010, 12:45 pm
Some employers still want drones and there business is dying except they don’t know it yet. Because they are still running on the gas the filled up years ago. Where will the new gas come from? From linchpins not drones, dr
9 March, 2010, 8:45 am
Some employers still want drones and there business is dying except they don’t know it yet. Because they are still running on the gas the filled up years ago. Where will the new gas come from? From linchpins not drones, dr
11 March, 2010, 2:28 pm
Firstly, I think there is a need to highlight that this is the “American Dream”, even in the ‘old’ dream, if you come to work everyday, you don’t call out sick, you willingly work overtime, you get rewarded. It definitely is a meritocracy and it didn’t matter who you were, everyone was allowed to buy into it.
Understanding that the culture of the T&T workforce hasn’t caught up with this means that bosses themselves have to become linchpins within their own organisations in order to motivate others.
“Be remarkable
Be generous
Create art
Make judgement calls
Connect people and ideas”
…and your employees will have no choice but to reward you…by following your example.
And what if this doesn’t change? well, then don’t be surprised to look around and find cheaper drones.
11 March, 2010, 10:28 am
Firstly, I think there is a need to highlight that this is the “American Dream”, even in the ‘old’ dream, if you come to work everyday, you don’t call out sick, you willingly work overtime, you get rewarded. It definitely is a meritocracy and it didn’t matter who you were, everyone was allowed to buy into it.
Understanding that the culture of the T&T workforce hasn’t caught up with this means that bosses themselves have to become linchpins within their own organisations in order to motivate others.
“Be remarkable
Be generous
Create art
Make judgement calls
Connect people and ideas”
…and your employees will have no choice but to reward you…by following your example.
And what if this doesn’t change? well, then don’t be surprised to look around and find cheaper drones.
16 March, 2010, 1:52 am
trini dream = working for a state enterprise, scamming millions then retiring happily ever after because the public too ashamed to do anything (or so a line Minister says).
16 March, 2010, 1:52 am
trini dream = working for a state enterprise, scamming millions then retiring happily ever after because the public too ashamed to do anything (or so a line Minister says).