Outside-in and Inside-out in a changing world
Change is the normal condition, even though we, as leaders and
team members, occasionally allow ourselves to be persuaded that
security lies in staying the same. If we do not continuously develop
and change, deviations from the outside world and from within
ourselves will finally become too great. The changes we are then
forced to undertake could be highly traumatic.
We have seen some historical changes in technology: the wheel,
the art of navigation, gunpowder, electricity, the steam engine, the
car, the train, the airplane, the telegraph, the telephone, the fax
machine, the computer, the mobile phone, the internet.
There have been historical, institutional changes: different gods,
monotheism, bigamy, ban on bigamy, Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
democracy, trade unions. We can monitor this changing world every
day on TV, on the Internet with social media and in newspapers.
We are experiencing global changes today: Asia on the advance,
revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, a ”united” Europe,
starvation, conflicts and other difficulties for a large proportion
of the world's population, over consumption of food, alcohol and
tobacco, consumerism, environmental destruction, the Internet,
increased global awareness. Last, but not least, the changing
values of the younger generation.
If we would make a film about our society over the last thousand
years and over the next thousand years, we would all accept that
change is the most natural thing. In order to be able to take the
initiative and adapt to this change, we need to develop our ability
to think and act both Outside-in and Inside-out, in small things as
well as in big ones. This is what Lots® as a philosophy, common
language and tool has contributed to for over 38 years. Lots® and
the facilitator want to create a "quality room" where you can inspire
yourself and release the potential in yourself, your team and your
business operations.