An endless loop…

Why do companies act so stupidly? Perhaps they are designed that way.

I found this diagram (with different words) online. It’s from Graphis Diagrams: The Graphic Visualization of Abstract Data, but the printing was too small for me to judge the original intent. The design is of a mobius strip, which has only one side.

This is also true of many companies, which have only one true focus: internally.

They meet endlessly, form committees with glee, and delight in making excuses. “We can’t be innovative because (insert excuse here).”

Fortunately, disruptive forces are coming to clear away the clutter.

Unfortunately, human beings work in those companies. People with kids, mortgages, dreams. People who can’t afford to lose their jobs because their company could never muster the energy to raise their standards and clear out the business practices that no longer make sense.

So I post this image not to ridicule, but to motivate. An endless internal loop is no way to get closer to customers or to remain competitive in a brutally competitive market. It’s time to change. Really change.

- Bruce Kasanoff (203) 341-9448