Today, I am thinking about the contrasts that stimulated me to write this collection of information: illustrating the disconnect of what science knows, in the context of the Business Brain Model (neuroscience, psychology and related cognitive sciences), and what business actually does in practice.
I have long said the three most important things about a business are people (customers), people (employees) and people (managers). But all too often, business is placed in a category of interaction where people and society and empathy don’t matter.
So let’s think about ‘heavy lifting’ outside of the metaphor for one paragraph. You, yes you reading this - you can only lift as much as your muscles and tendons allow. The only way you can exceed your core strength, your inherent strength, is with a lever. And with the proper lever you can move heavy using less force; you can propel faster despite less speed; and you can send an object a lot further with less push/pull.
Next week on the “Exploring the Business Brain Blog” I take a look at a term we all use – heavy lifting. More specifically, in the post titled “Fulcrums + Levers = Strong Business” I talk about the ‘levers’ you have (but may not know you have) and I spell out nine areas where you can use...