Competition & Side Effects: Live Reported From the Stock Exchange: GOOG ($415,59) - YHOO ($40,91)

Great isn't it! Competition is everywhere. Tennis,There are many ways you can organize activities.
soccer, football, the Olympic Games. It is the goldWe are all familiar with competition, yet there is one
medal that counts.problem with it (a small side effect to all the good
In search-engine country the competition is alsothings it also brings).
fierce. Who will win? Will there be only winners andImagine that your company is opening up for others.
losers? And can you compare the companiesDo not ask me why they all of a sudden want this,
mentioned in the title? Are they focused enough tobut it is like a trend. You should connect. And then
compete? Are they running at the same track?you are talking about this system, this method, our
Companies compete on different elements. Airbus isapproach and theirs. There is no fit. And we all know
taking space or volume as a target, Boeing's answerwhere the problem is: At the interface level. It is their
to the challenge is velocity: "we can go faster".protocol against ours. We communicate, but the
And - this is where the article is about - what is yourmessage doesn't get acknowledged.
internal organization doing in this area? Do people andSo what to do? Stay small and beautiful? But small is
departments compete up to any level? And how is itnot an option in competition. It is bigger, faster,
with the cooperation between the various teams.easier - everything but smaller.
Does your company value the individual hero withSo how to solve the side effects?
"the employee of the month" or do they choose forPlease continue reading this some other moment in
a less visible team approach giving away a teamtime and find out how the status between both
bonus.companies is at that time. Who will be leading?