We always have done it this way

Business survives on innovations and the willingness to try new ideas and new ways of doing things, successful managers are always working on methods to improve business processes, they look for ways to cut cost and improve quality.

In some companies managers are trapped under ceiling that says “We always have done it this way”, a management that is not willing to try new ideas because their current business process is working fine, Japanese companies relentless pursuit for innovations put it ahead of the competitions by many years, take Toyota and GM as an example, Toyota took the lead from GM as the world number one vehicle manufacturer.

It’s true that some companies used business plans that served them well for years and there is no need to change these plans, but that doesn’t not mean those plans shouldn’t be closely examined periodically to look for room for improvements.

Its sad to see, when traveling through the developing world, how people suffer to get the basic services just because no one is willing to examine the old ways of doing business and think of ways to improve old processes.