Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Hot spots.

 

Last week I’ve attended a meeting with some young entrepreneurs. We talked about ideas and (business) opportunities. It reminded me of a book that I’ve read recently about hot spots (http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Spots-Workplaces-Organizations-Energy/dp/1576754189). 

Hot spots are created when people connect and start working on projects and this collaboration helps people to attain their full potential. There are different elements needed (according to the author):

1. Having a cooperative mindset.

2. Identifying boundary spanners (eg. people who want to expand their current vision and solve the issues at hand).

3. Sharing an igniting purpose. (eg. something special that you want to work on; a passion).

4. Sustaining sufficient productive capacity (no useless meetings and so on).

It’s hard to start a hotspot, it’s even harder to keep it active!