I am
going to be straight with you. When I say “developing entrepreneurship
in big
business”, I am leading towards “developing spirituality in big
business”.
Entrepreneurship is a stepping stone to greater meaning, wisdom,
innovation and
results.
We
have all got the picture now that the new, knowledge-based economy
means
meaningful work and personal fulfilment for people, and innovation,
differentiation and sustainability for organisations. To develop
emotional
intelligence, you need to develop spiritual intelligence. To ensure
sustainability and differentiation, you need to awaken and develop
entrepreneurship in the organisation. We know this.
Entrepreneurship
is spiritual intelligence in business form. It is the point where
meaning,
purpose and ingenuity meet industry. Entrepreneurship means
transformation, not
change, but transformation. True wealth, actualisation.
When
you awaken entrepreneurial spirit in people and facilitate that they
align this
with company vision, you cause a shift onto the next level for both.
When you
support the steps you have initiated with activity-based mentorship,
you bring
about profound growth. When you guide and assist when steps are being
taking
and teach what can only be learned by doing, you achieve phenomenal
results.
People
take responsibility for their lives and results They set about bringing
their
potential to the world through being of service, and operating as if in
their
own business but within the organisation. As they innovate, you provide
them
with training and coaching, and opportunities for growth.
You
build entrepreneurship into your HR strategy, and grow a language and
culture
of entrepreneurship throughout the business. It takes time. The initial
response is good but the seeds start to sprout and then you really see
the
value. The value is on a new level, because it integrates personal with
business. It brings unprecedented results and rewards to both.
The
business becomes more intelligent, responsive and healthy. The
struggles soften
into invigorating, mutual innovation. Problems become growth
opportunities.
People are happy, and that can be measured with normal HR data, if you
really
need to. It just shows, though, and you feel it everywhere.
You
either relate to this or you don’t. You are either with me here or not
feeling
it at all. If not, then the metaphor might not be for you.
Entrepreneurship in
big business is only a tool, there to use if it works.
It’s
not a theory or a model. It is existential, a way of being and of
approaching
business. Individual actualisation and capitalisation on it in the
knowledge
economy means people living their potential through their whole being,
not just
their thinking. The transformation is existential.
The
transformation is of the people and the business. They are aligned,
recognising
the interdependence at play in the process of sustaining success. The
outcomes
are not projections of previous results, they are qualitative shifts,
quantum
in magnitude and marvel. They speak as much to the heart as the bottom
line,
and resolve the traditional polarisation of the two.
Developing
entrepreneurship in the organisation is a simple yet profound method.
It is a
living thing, organic, so there is no formula or overworked plan to go
by.
There is discernment, investment, awakening, leadership, facilitation,
and
thriving. Thriving people and business.
Being
an entrepreneur and developing entrepreneurship is what I do, what I
love, my
business, my life, and nothing less is needed in business to get people
to
bring the same to their work. Entrepreneurship is contagious. It is an
energy
that gets results and gets other people inspired. As they act, you
encourage,
support and spur them on, and soon they are vibrating at the same
frequency.
The
entrepreneurial frequency is higher, more energised, more resourceful,
more
inspired, more patient and resilient. It is more aware and motivated,
spotting
opportunity and taking it. It is flexible and versatile. It gets
relationships
moving and working.
Entrepreneurship
is a spiritual experience, no less. Life and business should be a
spiritual
experience, no less, bringing wealth on all levels. Entrepreneurship in
big
business is simply a tool to get you there.
So
don’t use models to compare and evaluate entrepreneurship as an HR
initiative.
It doesn’t happen in the head, it happens in the heart, soul and the
head, and
in physical reality. It happens on all levels. It doesn’t convince you
first,
you take the steps, live it, and become proof.
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Be
open to new ways of seeing, being, working, achieving, relating,
prospering.
Trust your intelligence, take risks and see them through. Take every
challenge
as an opportunity and learn, learn, learn. No one can give you the
answers, you
have them and you know it. Bring them forward, create and innovate with
them.
Bring yourself to the business world.
My
words are not a solution. Do you see this? HR strategy is not a theory,
it does
not live in words. It lives in people, in action. It lives in every
corner of
your business. My words are to put you in touch with the
entrepreneurship
within and around you, not to turn to in themselves. See the
distinction?
I am
pointing to something. It is yours to see and act on. You know what I
am
saying, so just go for it!
