๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ , ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ , ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ , ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ
The Olympic credo โ ๐น๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ , ๐ป๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ , ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ โ captures
the spirit of constant progress. It isnโt about perfection. ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ
๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ.
The same mindset applies to people experience. Work models,
recognition programs, and growth pathways all lose relevance if they
stay static. ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ . What felt fresh yesterday can
feel outdated tomorrow. ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
People compare their experience not only to their past jobs but to
what they see in peers, competitors, and even outside industries. ๐๐
๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐.
The business case is clear. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐%
๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐
(MIT Sloan Management Review, ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ด๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ). When people experience innovation at work, they are
more open to innovation in the work itself.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐
๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ .
๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ .
๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ , ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ
๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ
๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ .
When managers bring the spirit of โ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ , ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ , ๐
๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ,
๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ โ into how people experience work, they ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ
๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ . Olympians donโt achieve excellence
through one dramatic leap โ they get there ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฒ
๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ . Managers
can do the same by removing one friction point, testing one new idea,
or refining one process at a time. Over time, those ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฒ
๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐
๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ .
๐๐ก๐๐ญ โ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ?