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“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have those because we have acted rightly. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle
Over the last few years I’ve been connecting dots, data points actually. These data points relate to innovation and the opportunity presented by Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) technologies. While there is a tremendous amount of evidence from companies who have started navitgating down this road that these technologies, individually and collectively, provide great benefits and are seen as potentially game changing. With these new technologies companies are learning why and how to best make use of them within their organizations. Along the way they are seeking the fundamentals for success and trying to avoid the dangers that come along with most far reaching technologies.
Having played several sports, and blessed with having had a few wonderful coaches, I vividly remember the hours spent on drills to get the fundamentals of the sport correct. Some drills seemingly had little to do with the sport per se, but I realized after the fact that what was being asked of us was building a capability that was necessary to succeed. Others were designed to build endurance which would allow us to succeed as our competition grew weary. There were seemingly endless drills designed to build muscle memory for the correct way to perform some action. Another form of drill was to watch film to understand situations and “pre-think” before the situation took place so that pattern recognition and behavioral reaction could take place simultaneously.
What these coaches realized and imparted on us was the many and varied types of preparation required to succeed. The other aspect to this is the universal truth that the more we put in (effort, intensity, duration), the more we would get out (wins).
The question (and related questions) are… What are the fundamentals required to succeed at E2.0? Likewise, what is the level of commitment required for success? Being a more mature organization will certainly put you on a better position to succeed, but is Maturity Level 3 a pre-requisite to success? Finally is a coach who will push the organization to success required?
I’m curious as to your experiences in this area – fundamentals are important. Anyone who has had a coach deeply understands how important.
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