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07.05.2011 Feature Article

Be with your eggs in corporate

Be with your eggs in corporate
07.05.2011 LISTEN

Do not keep all your eggs in same basket nor leave your egg somewhere go away in industry. The term egg is used as metaphor to refer to 'new ideas'. People with many ideas are most wanted in industry.

The lesson to be learned from nature to those who have got variety of ideas are be cautious and do not lay your eggs in single basket and do not leave them & go away. Crocodiles and turtles lay their eggs near the water hole, cover them up with soil & leaves and leave them alone. They never care of the eggs nor incubate them. Knowing fully well about the behaviour of crocodile and turtle, many other animals dig out the eggs and eat them. When the eggs hatch out, the young ones have to find their way to the river or lake all alone.

Interestingly, crocodile and turtle lay eggs in larger areas in different length and hence the predators can't dig out all the eggs. The lesson to be learned by the corporate employees is that does not offer your ideas freely and leave them there and go. All your ideas become prey to others. Similarly, do not also empty your idea bank like putting all eggs into the same basket.

Generally, the organizations try to juice you and once they realize that no more juice is available, will discard you. You need to offer your ideas on a regular and continuous manner only then you can create your relevance to the organization. Once the industry learns that you have no more creative ideas or proven initiatives, you will become an archaic and unwanted.

It is better to own your ideas and try to establish it as yours. Smart knowledge/idea management one need to learn along with communication skill and people management skills in corporate. In some corporate, people will be hovering in the sky like vultures to scavenge the ideas of others.

It is presumed to be easy to scavenge the ideas of others and own it than create an idea of ones own. Another interesting aspect about innovative ideas in corporate word is about its implimentability. Those who come forward with a working plan for an existing idea, automatically become the owner of the idea in due process of time. Having idea is one aspect and creating a working plan for the idea and implement it is yet another game. Those who know to play both games well become winners. Are you a winner or a crocodile in your corporate, introspect.

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