The story of Matt Mullenweg is an interesting one. He is the founding developer of Wordpress, the popular open-source blogging software. At the age of only 25, he has already been named as as one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web.
Matt blogs at ma.tt and his latest post starts like this….
I often get asked something along the line of, “If you weren’t leading Automattic, what would you work on?” There’s not a single answer to this question; the answer changes day to day. But I think if you asked me today, I’d say I would like to start a bank.
He goes on to explain what kind of bank he would start….and it’s nothing like the bank you currently use. Go read the blog post here.
I can’t wait until this type of fresh thinking, creativity, innovation, common sense, and focus on the customer invade and disrupt all of our traditional industries like banking, auto, airline, real estate, etc.
“We train people to think about improvement all of the time, to have what I call a culture of creative dissatisfaction with the status quo.” - Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services [Business Week, How To Build A Culture of Innovation]
Creative dissatisfaction….I like that term.
Employers are always so worried about the satisfaction of their employees. They conduct survey after survey to measure the dissatisfaction. Employee dissatisfaction is seen as a liability.
What if employers changed their perspective and viewed their employee dissatisfaction as an asset? An asset to be used as fuel to drive significant, creative, innovative, positive change.
What if employers said to employees?…….
We recognize that you aren’t satisfied with the way things are. Neither are we. Our mission is not yet accomplished. Our vision is not yet achieved. We want a culture of creative dissatisfaction with the status quo. We want to hear your ideas on how to move forward. Where creativity, innovation, and change are needed, we want you to have the freedom and power to create, innovate, and change.”
Listening to ideas and giving employees the freedom and power to create, innovate, and change are key. Without that, then your employee dissatisfaction is, well, just a liability.
My wife’s mother passed away 10 years ago today. She was a special lady so the pain of losing her remains, but stronger than the pain is the positive legacy that she left behind.
She has been gone for a while, but I still see her legacy in my wife. I even see her legacy in our boys and they never even had the opportunity to meet their grandmother.
Your life will leave a mark. Your impact, good or bad, doesn’t end when you do.
What kind of legacy will you leave behind?
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