we wouldn't drink from a milk carton without checking for the expiration date first. So why don't we act the same way at work?
Why not give every policy, every vendor, every machine...every employee... an expiration date. On that date, we need an overwhelming reason to keep he/she/it or out it goes.
Today, of course, the opposite is true. Inertia is in charge, and as a result, we get stuck, we don't evolve.
Fast feedback loops, quick generations--that's what the fashion world is about and that's how we evolve quicker.
I Love it!
If that wouldn't shake the dust off those a freeloaders that "put their time in years ago", I don't know what would.
Wish there was an expiration date on that secretary in the front office...
Z!
Posted by: Ben | May 14, 2004 at 02:16 PM
Just wanted to let you know that Seth Godin wrote that post, I didn't have author name enabled, since, before this I was the only author.
Seth, thank you! What a great post!
Jon
Posted by: Jon Strande | May 14, 2004 at 02:59 PM
I just finished reading Free Prize Inside. I’m not sure if the free prize is the cereal box, which would technically be a free prize outside, or if this refers to thinking inside or outside the box.
Ok, enough with the bad puns.
Purchasing Free Prize Inside was a bit of a gamble for me. When I buy business related books, I generally stick with titles that sound like they will improve my technical skills in some areas (eg. Statistical Modeling, etc…)
However, this gamble more than paid off. I am already seeing the effects of implementing many of the ideas in this book, and I am now a converted Seth Godin fan. I have already placed an order for Purple Cow.
Hopefully, the Purple Cow carton will improve my understanding of this “Expiration Dates” post.
Sorry, thought I promised no more bad puns.
Posted by: Maat | May 14, 2004 at 03:34 PM