Dr. John A. King questions what we mean by normal and fairness, arguing they're rarely defined and often trap us. He challenges business sacred cows like permanent teams, suggesting instead that rotating project teams every sixty days gives more people a shot at success.
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what normal is? No, really, have you? Because we go to business, we go to work, and we act normal. We live our life and we live normally. We have normal families, we have normal dreams, normal ambitions, we have all the— but who's defined normal for us? It's like fairness. No one in life wants to be treated Unfairly, but we all— none of us— all of us at times get treated unfairly. In fact, I would say most of us experience unfairness as a reasonably common state of being. So, so maybe the problem lies not in the issue of fairness, but in our issue of a definition of fairness. The same with normal. What is normal? What's a normal business practice? Life's messy. It's complicated. It's all over the place. And I think we've got a culture that is actually trying to hold us in a box of what normal is. And most of us are so incredibly frustrated because that's just not fulfilling. So tonight, I want to have a look at some of those sacred cows, those things that in business life and practice. For example, organisational skills, excellence skills, budgeting skills, visionary skills, multitasking, team leadership, consistent longevity of teams. Who said you have to have a team a long time? What if you have a team for a project and it changes every 60 days? Redefine normal. Give more people a shot at the prize. Anyway, more tonight. See you at Business Leadership School. Bye-bye. Thank you, John.
