This article about limitless possibilities has been limited to about a four-minute read.
Limitless is a straightforward concept to grasp. Harder to live and breathe if a situation or person is described as having "limitless possibilities"; it signifies that there is no limit to the outcomes or achievements that can be reached.
In the ideal workplace everything is pretty much limitless. Career options, commercial directions of travel, training courses, areas of interest and so the list goes on.
But that is not practical as we, as individuals and companies, as profit making organisations must focus in order to succeed. A literal interpretation is therefore of little use.
Are we then saying that limitless possibilities and aligning that concept with the workplace are mutually exclusive?
On the face of it, yes!
But what we really want and need to do is capture the sentiment that goes with limitless opportunity and channel it in the workplace. The two can happily co-exist. And thrive.
The literal definition of the term means having no bounds or restrictions on what can be achieved, created, or become, often implying an infinite supply or potential.
The phrase is used in many and various contexts, including business and self-help, suggesting a belief that with the right sentiment, individuals and organizations can unlock unlimited potential for success and growth.
And at NoWorriesApp.com we truly believe that; with our NoWorriesApp for individuals to reflect on self-sentiment and our Sentiment Dashboard© for organisations to better understand the sentiment of their community.
How does this actually happen?
Given that every company and each individual would like to enjoy limitless possibilities this is a very good question. So let's look at how the understanding of sentiment might engendered, nurtured, and sustain this.
You are sat in your office as CEO asking the question that every CEO should be asking every day which is "How do I keep the company being successful?" and "How do I stop the company failing?"
Note to CEOs – If you don't ask yourself that every day, then you're probably not doing your job properly because what else is there?
In walks your Head of Product Development with a ground breaking new thing – this is the thing that will change the world. And what a thing it is!
The thing is differentiated, has endless USPs, is designed beautifully and the thing works perfectly. Moreover, it is of exceptional quality and insanely profitable.
The Go-To-Market Strategy has been brilliantly conceived, and the consumers are queuing up at the stores to buy it. The possibilities are limitless!
A leading IT consultancy – Gartner – even has a name and process flow for this,
The Hype Cycle consists of five distinct phases, each reflecting a stage in the lifecycle of technology development and adoption:
- Innovation Triggers
- Peak of Inflated Expectations
- Trough of Disillusionment
- Slope of Enlightenment
- Plateau of Productivity
We are being very unkind to Gartner here but we're using the comparison to make a point. Gartner are genuinely expert in providing advice, insights and tools for business leaders to make far reaching decisions for their enterprises. So, we are back at the limitless possibilities related thing.
The point we're clumsily making is that products do not create limitless possibilities. None of the following companies, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, Sony and hundreds of others like them, has ever created limitless possibilities.
But the people that work for them, that's another matter altogether.
The dimensions that surround limitless possibilities are many and each one of them plays a role and has singular importance. We don't have the space here – we're limited – to explore them all.
If we start in the philosophical domain we can see that the quote made in Franklin D Roosevelt's (FDR) inaugural address in 1933 was perfectly curated.
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself" – this talks nicely to limitless possibilities, because worry and fear can be limiting.
And this from a man who was severely disabled because of polio.
Understanding sentiment is the key to unlocking limitless possibilities– and it's not just the understanding of your own self-sentiment and curating a belief in your own potential, but there is an urgent need to understand the sentiment of an organisation as a whole. But how?
Facilitation, enablement and delivery of limitless possibilities in an organisation is the task of everyone. A company that is striving to deliver against ambitious targets needs everyone to overcome their own and company-wide limiting beliefs.
And where to begin?
As ever, with something small.
To overcome personal doubt there is an element of personal empowerment that needs to be experienced and if you can do it once, you can do it again – this is the tapping into of the personal tank of potential that we all have. And we do all have it!
However if you're in any doubt, the NoWorriesApp is a great way to get you going.
- To reflect,
- To make an intentional decision
- To empower yourself to go where you want to go, one small step at a time.
If we can persuade ourselves, then collectively we can urge others to reach for the stars.
Look again at your unique character, skillset and experiences that, with imagination, you can apply to incredible effect and with immense impact. And once you have explored the skills you have, use them to explore acquiring new ones.
Career advancement, training, and learning can all be part of a lifelong journey of small changes leading to limitless possibilities.
Sometimes doing this on your own within an organisation is hard. It takes determination and a genuine intention to decide upon and implement changes. Limitless possibilities therefore works best as a team game and that team needs a captain.
We're back at the leadership table now. A good CEO and leader will imbue a company or organisation with the sense that there is opportunity for advancement, there is scope for growth and the chances of success are high. That leader will understand the vital nature of a shared sense of mission that enable the organisation or company to grow into being the best it can be.
The golden ticket to those limitless possibilities is an understanding of the company sentiment. Wonder products do not experience sentiment but the people that make the wonder products do.
Curious?
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