Action Tip

4 tips to help you think and act collectively

1. Alter the way you think about your potential  

Your skills are not innate, and they’re not hard-and-fast. If you want everyone to have a nice slice of the pie, start by reconsidering your own growth potential.

• Adopt an attitude of continuous discovery (if it’s not already the case): be positive, look favorably on people who show initiative, and encourage colleagues to push the envelope.
• Accept the need to experiment and take risks, which is essential for you to develop and change.
• Be prepared to make mistakes: success isn’t defined as an absence of failure, but as the ability to step out of your comfort zone to improve yourself – which implies there will be failures.
• Learn black-box thinking: own up to your mistakes and take responsibility for them (rather than blaming them on external causes), analyzing them after the event so you can use them as a source of learning.
• Build your future around what makes you tick and not on “rational” calculations or career plans. Ask yourself these three all-important questions:
  • How do you see yourself in ten years? (What kind of person would you like to be, what would your ideal work schedule look like?).
  • What do you really like doing in your spare time? (Your hobbies are indicative of who you are and what really turns you on.)
  • What are your non-negotiable values? (The values you won’t compromise on).

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