Leading Bold Change, where were you be?

I attended a course preview called “Leading Bold Change” yesterday. The content of the talk is taken from John Kolter’s book ‘The Iceberg is Melting’.

Reason attending this preview is to access the capability of instructor on my own view and to justify whether my organization needed such course. After reviewing the course, I strongly felt that my organization indeed an urgency for change. Thus I was suggested to have an internal training for my organisation. However the charges for the course is per head count due to it intellectual property licensing, and this, withhold my decision. However the training provider is willing to help me to seek for the alternative to get the affordable deal. Well, I am not saying about the PARTY in large though they are also need to change, in fact urgent than the internal admin part, I am mentioned about the internal part of my organisation.

What I wanted to share here is, the world is changing and it is kept on changing, AND where were we now.

One of the audiences shared a story about the IT. She said, in future in fact is happening now, there will be no licensing require for you to get the software like Microsoft, Apple, etc. All information and needy can be acquired by just one click. Many of the local licensing distributor and manufacturer were denied and are in as best one can to prevent or try to prevent it to be happened. This can be affected their business or worst still, to shut down their operation. However, the fact is, it is already happen and it is matter of time it reaching us. And it is therefore for all related businessman here to take the initial changes for the challenges.


The other story was shared by the speaker.

She traveled to Vietnam with her family for vacation during CNY, they were traveling there for continuously 3 years. As to say that a little bit more familiar with the Ho-chih Min City, the first thing first for them is to look for tailor because their handiwork is very fine. In the 3rd shop they felt that it is the shop that they are looking for. So they let the tailor to do the measurement for all. In the 3rd day, she went to collect the finished good. It was the tailor's wife who attending them. And she was in front of the computer at the time. She called the speaker to go over her place and clicking on the mouse by showing her... ‘Here it is, this is my BLOG and this is your personal information, please key in the series number (something like password) that you wish.’ After that all the measurement were appeared on the screen. The wife said ‘ in future, if your measurement changed and you would like to place an order, you just log in to your account and change the measurement and do the placement order, and we do according to your request’. At the time the speaker was so impressed that with their way of service and doing business.

After coming back to Malaysia, the speaker went to enquire in few of the renowned tailor shops, the response were ‘oh, we are not ready for that’. Okay, since we are not ready for that, and what do we have to compete with the others? We are so called more advance that Vietnam, event Thailand, The Philippines and so fort. People are make changes and doing it well to stay competitive and not to wash out from the wave.

We are no longer having competitiveness in the global and also the marketability is too low. With the mindset of our people, our leaders have, we are, staying at the comfort ZONE too long.

Everybody left a SEAM on their door but eyes were looking at their pocket and holding tight with their hands.

What do you have to offer yourself to the changing world? Where were you be?