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In Galilei’s words: “Curiosity is the key to problem solving.” It’s premature for assessments or action plans. This would only cement your existing perspectives. Resist the desire to judge or launch into defense mode. Looking through these ‘telescopes’ may provide unusual insights that might initially be irritating. Your ‘telescopes’ may be employees, customers, colleagues from other industries, a learning journey or a sparring partner that helps you question your current state. Use your ‘telescopes’ to obtain new perspectives.

Galileo Galilei first developed the telescope, which he used for his observations that lead to his groundbreaking findings. Use the following 5 tips to promote a paradigm shift in your company. ‘More of the same’ and ‘keep improving’ served as the guiding principles in a relatively stable environment with slow market dynamics.īut will these paradigms still be viable a few years down the road? Or will companies have to nurture a sense of curiosity and exploration to obtain new perspectives and foster innovation? In fact, this has successfully spurred the growth of many companies for years. Having an inward perspective and a strategy based on previous successes isn’t necessarily wrong.

How your company culture is perceived cannot be discussed openly. Questioning the current state is considered a sign of disloyalty.

There’s a basic belief that everything can be planned and controlled. Alternative problem-solving approaches such as agile methods are viewed rather skeptically.

Developments in other industries are rarely considered relevant for your own business.

New competitors in the market operating in a (digital) niche are regarded as insignificant.

New products and services are developed internally rather than co-created with potential clients.

Statements like: “We’ve always done it that way.” can frequently be heard in your company.

Generally, there is more talk about what’s happening in rather than outside your company. As soon as they are in your company, they need to adapt.

The mindset of new employees doesn’t play a significant role.

Your company rarely recruits from other industries. They have little experience of working in other organizations.Most employees are industry experts.

Many employees have been with your company for years.

Most actions and decisions in your company focus on satisfying management.

Everything revolves around (top) management.

Use this list as a form of self-assessment. The more variations apply to your company, the more likely you are using a geocentric model.

I’d like to list 10 variations of such a perspective. The ‘geocentric’ company modelĪt a company level, a geocentric model is reflected by an inward perspective. This seems to be especially true for companies with a long record of success. Different views are dismissed or even opposed. Both in theory and practice, there seems little or no room for new approaches. So why do we find it so difficult to change our understanding of companies? Why are we holding on to the old geocentric model? It seems that we are cemented in old doctrines. Today, the notion of the earth being a disk seems absurd.