Lego - Growth x Just Cause

"What’s Lego’s ultimate goal? Is it growth for growth’s sake? As a privately held company, Lego has no need to demonstrate anything to markets or shareholders. According to Knudstorp, he only has to worry about “the shareholder”—Christiansen’s heirs—who have two official objectives: that Lego continues to create innovative play experiences and reach more children every year. “They are not pushing us very hard on the financial target,” he insists. “What they like about, say, Lego Friends is that we’re engaging more children. They see growth as one testimony of whether we’re sufficiently innovative.”

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp - Lego CEO (2015) - Fast Company 01/08/15 - How Lego Became The Apple of Toys.

Parenting - The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

This is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever read.

" To parent with an infinite mindset, in contrast, means helping our kids discover their talents, pointing them to find their passions and encouraging they take that path. It means teaching our children the value of service, teaching them how to make friends and play well with others. It means teaching our kids that their education will continue for long after they graduate school. It will last their entire lives... and there may not be any curriculum or grades to guide them. It means teaching our kids how to live a life with an infinite mindset themselves. There is no single, greater contribution in The Infinite Game than to raise children who will continue to grow and serve others long after we are gone "

Simon Sinek - The Infinite Game.

# thoughts

Whether you like it or not is gonna be a trauma. So, why should you waste your time thinking about this? Why should you waste your time trying to avoid the unavoidable - the inevitable?

Letter to all CEOs - The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

I believe that all CEOs around the world should read Simon Sinek's new book The Infinite Game. In particular, this excerpt that I will transcript here.

"The Truth Shouldn't Hurt

Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves. We avoid danger and seek out places in which we feel safe. The best place to be is among others around whom we feel safe and who we know will help protect us. The most anxiety-inducing place to be is alone - where we feel we have to protect ourselves from the people on our own team. Real or perceived, when there is danger, we act from a place of fear rather than confidence. So just imagine how people act when they work in constant fear of missing out on a promotion, fear of getting in trouble, fear of being mocked, fear of not fitting in, fear of their boss thinking they are an idiot, fear of finding themselves on a short list for the next round of layoffs.

Fear is such a powerful motivator that it can force us to act in ways that are completely counter to our own or our organization's best interests. Fear can push us to choose the best finite option at the risk of doing infinite damage. And in the face of fear, we hide the truth. Which is pretty bad in any circumstance, but when an organization is doing badly, it's even worse."