Try stuff

In business there are so many pros and cons with being an early adopter, a late adopter, a do nothing type of business.  And so without extolling the virtues of each, just let me say… try stuff and try stuff well.  There is an old and I say very wise business credo that says if you are not moving forward, then in fact you are going backwards.  This is because the rest of the world and in particular your competition, is moving forward, doing it differently, keeping up with trends, protocols, best practice.

But change for change sake is a drain on resources, time and energy.  So you will need to either be very astute and only pick the changes, the stuff that will benefit you ooorrrr, have a change model / protocol in place that will enable to try any or all things new things.

The key to this is a structured, multi phased go / no go set of scenarios linked closely to a resource pool so that thoughtful, meaningful progress can be made.  Not the least being the very first set of questions.  Is this stuff in line with your vision, mission, goals?  Is it core business?  Do we want it as core business?  Answer no to any of these and then you hold the new stuff until you can answer yes to at least one of those three questions.  Of course, this may mean reviewing your vision and core but that is just another change, with another review.

So try stuff or at least review stuff as much as you can and don’t do or don’t try stuff without a structured approach.

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