Learn to Strike the right Balance

 It is imperative that we are willing to seek out help, break down silos. companies have to keep searching for new opportunities to disrupt, rather than being disrupted, but keep an inner balance to co solve problems collaboratively and move the business forward solidly.

Organizations of the future are increasingly exhibiting digital characteristics in various shades, dimensions, extensiveness, and intensity. It takes inner-balance, greater transparency, mutual trust, and cross-functional collaboration to explore new ways to do things and make a seamless digital paradigm shift which will improve how the enterprise works and interacts with its ecosystem and lift up to the next level of maturity.

 

Connect unconnected: The industrial era behind us is about silo and an overly restricted hierarchy which often slows down the business speed. Digital territories are blurred and digital organizations are hyper connected, a strategic practitioner understands how changes would happen over time toward the future, looks into the unknown future and attempts to define the landscape with its opportunities and risks, connects the previously unconnected dots, and helps to push the future in the direction they want solidly. Digital leaders with clear vision and strong metacognitive abilities seem to have the inner compass which enables them to navigate and lead the organization in the uncharted water or blurred territories confidently.

In fact, the digital era upon us is about innovation, it’s critical to strike the right balance of order and chaos, innovation and standardization, management and governance, etc. Creativity is the process of assembling previously disparate or unconnected ideas into a new idea and has the capacity to explore unusual pathways. Innovation requires thinking beyond, as opposed to outside the box, altering or changing the frame of reference to create previously unconsidered solutions. There are many ways to differentiate and, therefore, there are many ways to pursue innovation. Business leaders and professionals need to capture the big picture, keep inner balances, connect unusual dots, understand patterns, discover the difference between seemingly similar things, and navigate the business context smoothly.

Compete without competing: “Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.” ― Lao Tzu. Either individually or at the organizational level, we all face continuous disruptions or fierce competition. Healthy or professional competition motivates us to achieve more, but negative or unhealthy competitions cause mistrust, destructive behavior, unprofessional attitude, deteriorate business relationships, contaminate culture, and decelerate organizational speed.

The digital era inspires self actualization - compete without competing. We all have talents each on our own and unique competency, without negative competition, we would be able to use our talents and capability for the betterment and unleash potential. Organizations should create or nurture a healthier, collaborative and inclusive environment in which people will genuinely feel good, bring up their unique strength, willingly get involved with commitment, and will demonstrate unimaginable contribution. As a matter of fact, collaboration, teamwork, unity bring strength.

Speak unspeakable: Digital boundaries are not static, but dynamic, the digital ecosystem is over complex and interdependent. Dysfunctional management or ineffective processes stagnate the business to move forward smoothly. This is a dilemma that haunts corporations in many cultures: How do you tell the emperor that he has no clothes on? Business leaders or professionals need to be courageous to listen to what they don’t want to hear and to have the guts to speak out. In the digital age, business professionals with fearless minds have more bold perspectives, courage to speak out and take actions.

At the business level, building a “fearless” working environment means to inspire openness, critical thinking, and empower talent to unleash their potentials with less fear. Being courageous is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it, speaking the unspeakable. Most of the time, people are afraid to speak up because they haven't thoroughly researched the issue or their ideas for an effective alternative. Also, people have different experiences and personalities, therefore, they may have different ways to provide feedback. They all bring different perspectives and their boundaries could change based on open dialogues, learning agility, and flexible approach to problem-solving.

Digital transformation represents a break from the past, with a high level of impact and complexity. It is imperative that we are willing to seek out help, break down silos. companies have to keep searching for new opportunities to disrupt, rather than being disrupted, but keep an inner balance to co solve problems collaboratively and move the business forward solidly.

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