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Being asked to write a meaningful editorial for
the MBAs of one of the world's traditionally most entrepreneurial culture is a bit of a challenge.
However, this week came an article from a friend in another permanently creative
country (Brazil) which quoted an interesting poll:
over 10,000 people interviewed and asked where
they found their source of inspiration and
creativity, both leading to entrepreneurship, only 3%
replied `at work'…. For the rest entrepreneurship
and innovation took place in any other circumstance you may think
of, except `at work'.
Other than wondering how could those 9,700 people wake
up each day to go to a place where they would switch their brains off
(what a thrilling perspective…), I was also thinking of a famous French
novel's title: C'est Mozart qu'on assassine! (It is Mozart whom we are assassinating). What kind of
a working environment do we create for ourselves and our people, if
they don't come to work for pleasure, for being innovative and creative? |
