A leader clearly communicates a vision and provides a direction to the followers to reach the target.
When obstacles appear , the human brain is creative enough to devise creative ways to get round the obstacles reach the target provided the destination is communicated clearly.
The problem happens when the destination is not communicated clearly and confuses the human mind.
This is what separates true visionaries from others.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Great by Choice”
The three goals for any business , in that order , should be:
The difference between companies with a “finite” and “infinite” mindset depends on which factor the organization gives emphasis to.
In an ideal world , with an infinite mindset , 1 and 2 should influence the “Will” of people who in turn would be motivated enough to generate the resource(3)
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
Just cause as defined by Simon in this book is a futuristic vision bigger than ourselves which can lead to true fulfillment in our lives and make our lives more meaningful.
No matter how much we have achieved we feel we have further to go in the idealized journey of a JUST CAUSE.
Like an iceberg in a JUST CAUSE all we see is the tip of the iceberg nothing more.The clearer the words , more motivated early adopters are to explore more of the iceberg.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
WHY as coined by Simon in his book “Start With Why” is something that defines us in terms of our values and beliefs.A WHY is formed by connecting the dots from the past.
A JUST CAUSE on the other hand is a vision for the future that is bigger than ourselves.
Think of WHY as a the foundation of our house and JUST CAUSE as the futuristic model of the house.
Thus knowing our WHY can help us better in defining a JUST CAUSE.
Victorinox is the iconic manufacturer of Swiss Army knives.
Their business model hit a huge low when after 9/11 the US government banned the presence of knives in flight luggage.
In spite of this they did not lay off people and in turn came up with new innovations and products to make up for the loss due to sale of Swiss Army knives.
Source – moneyinc.om
Read more about unique characteristics of this company from the following link
https://moneyinc.com/victorinox-watches/
The game of business is an infinite one.The rules can vary , players can come and go an d there is no time limit
The following quote from Simon Sinek in “The Infinite Game” very aptly outlines the option any player has
“We cannot choose the game.We cannot choose the rules.We can only choose how we play”
All high performing leaders are incredibly ambitious.
What makes their ambition different and in turn helps them rally followers and supporters around them is that their ambition is for a “just cause” not for self.
When followers are shown a futuristic “just cause” for achieving something larger than themselves it can lead to a big impact.This is when followers get viscerally involved to realize something in order to achieve fulfillment in their lives.
Thus when ambition is directly towards the betterment of a company , a just cause it has far reaching impact.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s “Great By Choice” and Simon Sinek’s “The Infinite Game”
The high performing 10X companies are ones who maintain hypervigilance in good times as well as bad.
They are always on their toes wary of disruption and hence competing with themselves to be a better version everyday.
These companies constantly consider the possibility that events could turn against them at any moment and hence to counter such unpredictability they are always better prepared.
Such “Productive Paranoia” thus keeps a high performing 10X organization afloat to be better prepared in the “Infinite Game” of business.
Adopted from Jim Collins’s book “Great By Choice” and Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”
We are used to the term “Have a vision” wherein being fascinated by visionaries like Steve Jobs , Martin Luther King we try to have a similar vision of ourselves.
Not only is this stressful but at the same time does not make our lives meaningless if we don’t have one.
To make our lives meaningful we can follow the vision of great leaders and organizations and be part of them to advance their just cause.The end result would be fulfillment.
Hence “Find a Vision” is indeed a feasible options for those who are obsessed in being part of infinite minded organizations in the age of “Infinite game”.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “Together is Better”.
The three chief characteristics of organizations with an infinite mindset are as follows:
Needlessly to say , as a result of the same we do not associate micromanagement and internal politics in such visionary organizations.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”