Saturday, February 03, 2007

Knowing Values and Experiencing Quality

How do we go about validating the efficacy of a business model?

Typically we look for traction, management and exit if we were investors.
Another way to understand is to examine the "quality" of its value proposition and or brand equity.

Before we start on that, there is a new thinking on how collaboration can foster a win-win scenario leveraging off domain knowledge, technology and networking, the three critical success factors necessary for survival in today's competitive landscape.

Naturally this means fostering trust to allow collaborators to think of "out-of-the-box" solutions. Therefore it is necessary to engender transparency to provide the environment for members to constantly experience Quality based on a set of value systems which is learnt through a variety of influences.

To appreciate these value systems we can rely on the emotional, rational and moral state of a being. The higher level being seeks self-fulfillment - in a way to be enlightened. So it begs the question of how to attain the moral high ground detaching one from the emotional element of one's personality. Some are more insightful and attain it quicker than others.

So why do people sometimes posture to make a case to be much more than it is? They may do so out of habits, and overtime they become ingrained into their personality. They may not realise and do not mean it. As such it requires time to cut through the rhetoric to figure out the real intent. Speed is an essential competitive strategy tool, so why short change the team and yourself?

Suffice to say, is that generosity begets generosity. We need to nurture this into a virtuous cycle so that trust can flow naturally and uninterrupted.

Only then can critical resources be aligned resulting in a win-win outcome.




Keywords: quality, value systems, trust, domain knowledge, technology, networking



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