A company is always as good as its workers.

   A company is always as good as its workers. 

We can react to change only if we recognize what changes. We don’t have to make a comprehensive response. That goes through the entire company. in every case. We must find the way. How to respond to that new situation effectively and economically. In the changes of data directives, the change will touch information management. That means people who work on assembly lines don’t have to react to those kinds of things. If the reaction is wrong, the damage can be huge. 

The reaction to change must be. 

1) Effective

2) Economical

3) Sustainability. 

4) Legal. 

5) Respect nature. 

6) Respect values. 

7) Follow the environmental needs. 

The company cannot make better products than its employees can. 

Workers are the company. Their skills make the company’s products. Without products. The company faces bankruptcy. The worker must develop their skills so that they and the company can respond to challenges that a changing environment and business ecosystem form. The business ecosystem can face changes. That form when things like building materials change. When bricks turn into concrete elements. That means the brick factory must change its products. It must start to create other ceramic products. 

Another way is to search for and expand a new marketing environment. The third way is to close the factory or reduce production and kick out workers. Or, the company faces bankruptcy. The problem is that products are as good as the worker’s skills. If the company leaders kick workers out. The factory’s ability to respond to new orders decreases. The answer is that robotics is a thing that can give answers. The company must find out. Does it have the skills to make these types of projects? 

The company can get those skills in three ways. 

1) The company can hire people who have those skills. 

2) The company can order a course to get those skills. 

3) The company can give orders that every worker must go to the library, and then find the information about the new thing. 

There is a famous so-called 10-20-70 model of company learning method. 

10% is official courses

20% is learning in teams

70% is self-directed learning. 

In all those cases, some kind of test can be a useful tool to make sure. That people really have the skills. That they need, or they claim. That they have. 

There are some problems with the last two cases. The problem is how to make sure. People who use self-directed learning really know those things. That they should know. Another problem is. How to make people share their knowledge in the team. People think that their skills are capital, which guarantees their workplace. That means people can hide their knowledge. They might think. If they hide something. That is important. That raises their value. This is one of the reasons why things like AI projects can fail. 

The failure can be caused. Because people don’t share their information. They don’t want to help their competitors. And that is one of the biggest problems with the working environment. Workers must have certain skills to make products that the company sells. Without those skills, the work is undone. 

When we face the need for change, we face the effect. That comes from the outside environment. Those changes can be legislative. Or they can be technical, or some other things. Like war causes situations. That companies must change. So that they can adapt to the changing environment and its challenges. The change can reshape a customer’s relationship. Or it can reshape the manufacturing lines. Or it can be reshaped into information management. The control team must find a way. To solve or respond to the problem. The fact is that outsourcing some solutions is a good choice. The company must not keep or recruit all the needed personnel itself. But outsourcing requires money. And it can cause a situation where all people who worked with that thing go to other companies. 

When a company makes a list of needed changes. The list must not be too long. That the people who work with those things have time for deep analysis. Of things. That requires changes. If the list is too long, that means the analysis turns too superficial. The central business is the focus of that operation. But then. We must understand that if we outsource something. We must have money. For that thing. Outsourcing the need doesn’t mean that the need is gone.