When it comes to entrepreneurial success, we often talk about Innovation. However, we are constantly working against this.
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses".
Pathetic quotes like these are often the mottos of great innovation advocates. The picture once painted by Henry Ford tells of courageous thoughts and big steps into the unknown. Of course, asking people what they want doesn't always point them in the right direction. But the fact is: apart from creativity workshops, we find it very difficult to reinvent the wheel.
Routine, control, planning
In order to fulfil the ultimate goal - growth - of the Western economic machinery, a company is primarily subject to the following requirements: Routine, control and predictability. This is not necessarily a bad thing and successful companies function (up to a certain point) according to this principle. As a provider and consultant of ERP software We provide companies from a wide range of industries and with a wide range of tasks and functions and apply these to their processes. Always with the aim of improving their processes so that their daily work becomes more efficient and predictable (both in the short and long term). All to ensure consistency and avoid crises. If only it were always like this, because at the end of the day, life cannot be planned.
In the net of systematics
And this is precisely where the contradiction arises. Because according to Darwin, it's survival of the fittest. In the harsh realms of the free market economy, it is the one who rethinks quickly and reacts to crises. In other words, innovation is innovative - but innovation can never be routinised, planned or controlled. The most successful ideas arise from coincidences - and often from crises. But we want to avoid them at all costs.
Once you have recognised this paradox, it becomes clear why we follow the speed at which changes - due to the increased digitalisation of the world of work - are rushing past us with our jaws hanging open, while they leave us clueless and without a plan. We have become entangled in the web of our Calculations and systems and are now wondering why everything is going so slowly with the change.
Breaking open systems: Crises are opportunities
A first change for all of us would perhaps be to stop avoiding crises and start planning for them. And while we're at it, let's change the negative semantics. Let's reckon with surprises. Let's create the basis for a working world in which the phrase "Something's happened" is not answered with "Oh God, what?", but changes are seen as opportunities for a better result.
The software systems should also change. Instead of drawing a manifest image of a company and its processes, solutions should be created that give companies the opportunity to be flexible and grow freely.
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