As I reflect on my recent tour across the UK, speaking about my new book PROACTIVE Problem Solving, I am struck by the reaction I got to one simple slide that showed OLD WHISKEY vs. NEW WHISKEY as practiced by our Dexter Bourbon Company at the Brain Brew Distillery.
The discussion of transforming from OLD world legacy ways to NEW world mindset and methods was a clear theme of conversations following my event.
In EDINBURGH, there was discussion about the OLD ways of “controlling” workers in manufacturing organizations versus the NEW ways of enabling and igniting employees.
In WALES, discussion was about OLD work systems that are slow, expensive and rigid versus the NEW ways of working in a multi-billion-dollar global corporation.
In LONDON, the panel at the international Space Network event spoke about OLD space versus NEW space. OLD space being the legacy systems that are slow and expensive versus NEW space that is nimble, efficient and fast.
Also in LONDON, discussion with attendees at the Institute of Physics focused on how many of the companies there were striving to drop the OLD and pivot towards NEW ways of working. From health care and hospitality to manufacturing and service industries there was a greater momentum to change mindsets than I’ve observed in forty years of working in the United Kingdom.
The causes of the shift likely include: a resetting of mindset post covid, the global chaos of tariff uncertainty, and a new generation of leaders and managers who are setting the organizational agenda as Baby Boomers become less and less dominant.
Frankly, the OLD versus NEW discussions give me great hope.
I hope that by working together across organizations, industries, and countries, we can increase joy and decrease stress in our work lives.
It is also my hope that team members and their leaders will ignite change from the bottom up. And that leadership at the top will set clear strategies that anticipate the future. Finally, I hope that with explicit strategies and engaged teams, middle management will be able to coach and facilitate working smarter, faster, and more creatively on ideas that make a meaningful difference.
So what are you waiting for? What can you do to help your team, department or organization move from OLD world to NEW world thinking?
Cheers,
Doug Hall
Founder – Eureka! Ranch
Co-Founder – Dexter Bourbon Company from the Brain Brew Distillery
Co-Founder – Eureka! Ranch Distilled Spirits Group
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