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THE 10 SHIFTS

“HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR IN LARGE ORGANISATIONS? THIS IS A QUESTION TO WHICH SAHAR HASHEMI PROVIDES A STRAIGHTFORWARD SOLUTION.  HER 10 “SHIFTS” ARE SIMPLE, DAY-TO-DAY APPROACHES TO EVERYDAY WORK WITH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET. THESE LESSONS ARE EASY TO UNDERSTAND (THERE’S NO HAVING TO MEMORISE COMPLEX MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS)”

THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH

1

Don’t depersonalize customers
Become them instead

2

Don’t sit at your desk
Get out

3

Don’t be ‘too busy’
Attack Bureaucracy

4

Don’t let your knowledge and expertise blind you
Let go of what you know

5

Don’t suffocate curiosity
Be a big kid

6

Don’t buy into fairy tale romance of the ‘Big Idea’
Act on the small every day ideas

7

Don’t let perfectionism slow you down
Force the discipline of bootstrapping

8

Don’t Be Scared of Failure
Encourage It

9

Don’t think of a “no” as a stop sign
Think of it as a badge of honour

10

Don’t put a work face on
Be 100% Yourself