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Build on Your WeaknessAli Anani
Build on Strength or Weakness?A simple question that may exhibit the “Butterfly Effect”
The prevailing wisdom is to build on your strength
Is to turn the familiar into unfamiliar
Challenge inherited wisdoms and beliefs
Wisdom
Build on your weakness
Creativity
New Wisdom
Challenge
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapThe Gap between Strength and Weakness
Gap
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapWe tend to Increase the gap- Why?
Gap
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapWe tend to Increase the gap- Why?
Gap
As Gerald Nanninga responded to my comment by saying “The studies I have read indicate that it is usually easier to exploit a strength you already have than to try to create a strength where there is a weakness. Therefore, building on weaknesses can be very risky”.
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapWe tend to Increase the gap- this is a risky business
Gap
Anani showed in an earlier presentation on slideshare entitled “Business Ideas Inspired by Eggs” that increasing gaps weakens any system
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapWe tend to Increase the gap- this is a risky business
Gap
Strengthening the strength while keeping the weakness increases the gap and weakens the system. Remember the it is the weakest point that determines the strength of a system
THE STRENGTH OF AN ORGANIZATION
THE WEAKNESS OF AN ORGANIZATION
The Intrinsic GapWe tend to Increase the gap- in contrast, we should reduce the gap
Gap
We should reduce the gap between strengths and weaknesses to strengthen any organization and not the other way round
The Strength-Weakness QuadrantWhere to start?
The Strength-Weakness QuadrantA Balanced View
The balanced view is achieved by focusing on quadrants 3 and 4
The Strength-Weakness QuadrantA Balanced View
By keeping impacting strengths and dealing with spiraling weaknesses to reduce the gap between them
The Strength-Weakness QuadrantA Balanced View- Support from Charles Prabakar
Prabakar responded to a comment of mine by saying “Hello Ali,Sure, I understand your point of building on weaknesses – provided we do it within the context of our balancing opposite’s principle- which is exactly my point of building a preventive/overcoming strategy on top of one’s weaknesses”.
An Extensible ApproachGreed-Fear Quadrant
An Extensible ApproachGreed-Fear Quadrant
Investors should balance quadrants 3 and 4. However; using the same analogy as before investors should reduce the gap between these two quadrants if they are to invest wisely. Failing to do so will only weaken them.
The Rabbit and the TortoiseThe Tortoise Won Because of the Rabbits’ Weakness in Crossing a Water Pool
Your today’s strength might be redundant tomorrowFeeling of strength might fill you with failure. IBM failed to see the incoming threat because of “Strength Blindness”Organizations fail because of their weaknesses and not strengths
Organizational Adaptability and Capacity
Best of All… Be Creative at the Boundary