Attitude Aptitude and Character Ingredients of Innovation Integration

Attitude, Aptitude, and Character: Ingredients of Innovation, Integration, and Motivation By Abraham Laleye CEO, Robins Begg Consulting Ltd www. robinsbeggconsulting. com Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 1

Contents Story of Mr. Soichiro Hond Identifying The Key ingredients for Innovation and Greatness Aptitude as a Key Ingredient for Innovation and Greatness Attitude as a Key Ingredient for Innovation and Greatness Character as a Key Ingredient for Innovation and Greatness Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 2

Mr. Soichiro Honda’s (Founder of Honda Corporation) Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 3

In 1938, while he was still in school, he sold everything he owned and invested it in a little workshop where he began to develop his concept of a piston ring – a new design approach to car manufacturing He wanted to sell his work to Toyota corporation, so he labored day and night: – – Always having his elbow in grease Sleeping in the machine workshop Always believing he could produce the result Deposited his wife’s Jewelry as collateral foe loan just to stay on in his dream concept But when he finally completed the piston rings and presented them to Toyota Corporation; He was told they didn’t meet the Toyota Standards He was sent back to school for 2 years, where he heard scornful and degrading laughter of his teachers and fellow students jesting about his absurd designs. WAS HE DISCOURAGED OR OFFENDED? NO! HE FOCUSED ON HIS GOAL! Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 4

Finally after 2 more years, Toyota corporation gave Mr. Honda the contract he had dreamed of – the rights and permission to build a factory and manufacture his idea of a car. But just around this time. The Japanese government was preparing for a major war. He needed concretes to build his factory and the Japanese government refused to release concretes for his work. WAS HE OFFENDED OR DISCOURAGED? NO He decided to utilize the experience and develop a new strategy. He and his team invented a process for creating their own concrete then build their factory. During the war, the factory they struggled and suffered to build was bombed twice by the American government, destroying part of the factory and some manufacturing equipment. DID HE GIVE UP? NO He immediately rallied his team and they picked up the extra petrol TANKs that the American fighter had discarded calling them Gifts from President Truman – Because they provided them with manufacturing materials that were very scarce in Japan at this time. Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 5

After surviving all these challenges, an earthquake destroyed the whole of his factory! DID HE FINALLY GIVE UP? NO. He simply sold the whole manufacturing rights of his designs to Toyota Corporation. But after the war, Terrible petrol shortage hit Japan and most people including Mr. Honda could not afford to drive their cars –even to buy food for their families. Finally in desperation, he attached a small mechanical motor to his bicycle – TO MAKE IT SPEED UP WITHOUT CONSUMING MUCH ENERGY! (Motorized Bicycles or Motor-bikes) Most of his neighbors began to demand that he should help them make a motor bike and pay him to do so. The demand grew so much that he decided to build A MOTOR CYCLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY – called Honda Corporation. It became an instant success! Oh was it really instant? A breakthrough momentum of all previous efforts. They began to export to USA and other parts of the world. He later build a Car Company of his dreams Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 6

Key Ingredients for Innovation and Greatness of Mr. Honda 1. He discovered his aptitude for machine, engines or engineering. Notice that all his efforts were focused on just one area of special interest or ability. It is called Vocational Signature. 2. He developed the right attitude to managing challenges that came his way. He had a Positive Mental Attitude. He learnt from his mistakes. He picked himself up after each failure. He never gave up on his desired destination. 3. He kept on doing what He believed was right for years until breakthrough was achieved Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 7

7 Gears Breakthrough Momentum “ DESTINY’ GEAR # Word MEANING AND DESCRIPTION 1 Discover Vocational Signature. Discover and Define your Destination. Signature. Define Your core Ideology. 2 Explore Continuously search for answers or information on how to get to your destination. Constant and Consistent Research. CANI. 3 Spiritualize Connect the Spirit realm by Meditation to draw revelation, understanding and wisdom from knowledge gathered. Daily Meditation, Personal & Corporate Retreats, Holidays & Leave 4 Transfer discovery from invisible to visible realm by acting on them and managing accompanying failures. Neils Bors Expertise model. Success, Good Judgments, Experience, Bad Judgments 5 Implement workable solutions by filtering out and adopting relevant surviving ones. Try Lot of stuff, Keep what works! 6 Normalize Conform your life or organization to by automating or “habitualising” working solutions. Systematize, Automate, Depersonalize, Establish Structure, Administrate , Organize. 7 Years Continue consistently for years. Invest the Years needed by steadfastly waiting in time until breakthrough momentum occurs Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 8

7 Gears Breakthrough Momentum “ DESTINY’ GEAR # Word MEANING AND DESCRIPTION Ingredient Category 1 Discover Vocational Signature. Discover and Define your Destination. Define Your core Ideology. Aptitude 2 Explore Continuously search for answers or information on how to get to your destination. Constant and Consistent Research. CANI. Attitude 3 Spiritualize 4 Transfer 5 Implement 6 Normalize 7 Years Connect the Spirit realm by Meditation to draw revelation, understanding and wisdom from knowledge gathered. Daily Meditation, Personal & Corporate Retreats, Holidays & Leave Character Transfer discovery from invisible to visible realm by acting on them and managing accompanying failures. Neils Bors Expertise model. Success, Good Judgments, Experience, Bad Judgments Attitude Implement workable solutions by filtering out and adopting relevant surviving ones. Try Lot of stuff, Keep what works! Conform your life or organization to what works by automating or “habitualising” working solutions. Systematize, Automate, Depersonalize, Establish Structure, Administrate , Organize. Continue consistently for years. Invest the Years needed by steadfastly waiting in time until breakthrough momentum Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. Attitude Character Attitude + Character 9

Vocational Signature Key Ingredient for Innovation and Greatness Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 10

Four Birth Gifts of Greatness Unique Voice Vocational Signature Passion Need Talent Conscience Your unique voice or vocational Signature open the vault of prosperity and the door to your greatness in life Steven Covey Robins Begg Consulting Limited 11

Psychological Implication of Your 4 birth gifts of greatness Flow Domain Exceptional Performance Passion Need Talent Conscience Robins Begg Consulting Limited Flow is a psychological state of excellent Performance in which challenge is met with an unusual synergistic combination of passion, talent, and conscience. Greatness have direct correlation with the frequency and depth of flow experienced in vocation 12

Thomas Edison Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Robins Begg Consulting Limited 13

Question is? Perspiration on what? And in what area of life? Robins Begg Consulting Limited 14

Answer Thomas Edison had over 1000 patents to his name in his life time. 100% of all the patents were in the area of electronics and electrical engineering It is not coincidental that all his discoveries were concentrated in a particular area of talent. Genius is impossible without focus on a specific area of talent Robins Begg Consulting Limited 15

Genius Defined Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration in a specific area of natural talent. Robins Begg Consulting Limited 16

According to the work of Professor Anders Ericsson – Professor of Psychology at the Florida State University and the Editor of Cambridge Handbook of Expertise & Expert Performance; Basing his studies and research work on information gathered about over a period of 100 years. He tried to identify recurring common factors responsible for Stardom/Genius manifestation in the works of world leading achievers: Robins Begg Consulting Limited 17

The 5 Ts’ of Stardom/Genius Nucleus T Thirst Time TALENTS Training Tenacity Robins Begg Consulting Limited 18

The 5 Ts’ of Stardom Minus Nucleus T = Average or Mediocrity Thirst Tenacity Time Training Unstructured energy Robins Begg Consulting Limited 19

Dr. Katherine Benzinger’s Brain Research In her research on brain, talents and energy consumption, she used the brain scan technology called the Positrons Emission Technology (PET) to find out the relationship between: Talent Utilization Brain Hemispheric Specialisations Brain Energy Consumption Efficiency Robins Begg Consulting Limited 20

Dr. Katherine Benzinger’s Brain Research - Discovery Four major quadrants of the brain are directly linked to specific talent groups or dominant intelligence class All the four quadrants of the brain are not equally developed. The quadrants representing the person talents or dominant intelligence have pre-developed advantage with respect to energy consumption and utilisation When a person is engaged in work or activities in their pre-developed or talent quadrants they consume less energy. The energy utilization efficiency is about 36 times/hour or 288 times/8 hour workday in favour of a person operating in the area of talent or dominant intelligence. Robins Begg Consulting Limited 21

Attitude Key Ingredient for Innovation and Greatness Robins Begg Consulting Ltd. 22

Tank, Pump, Pipe Analogy Interpretation Equivalent Tank Staff Capacity or Potential Performance Inborn Attributes; Acquired Attributes Pump Work Challenge or Management Performance Demands Expectations; Motivation and Rewards & Provisions System; Training & Dev. Pipe Determinant of actual performance delivery capacity CHARTERED MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION Work Attitude 23

Personal Performance Equation [IA + AA] * A = PP IA = Inborn Attributes AA = Acquired Attributes A = Attitude PP = Personal Performance CHARTERED MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION 24

[IA + AA] * A = PP Proof on a scale of [1 – 10] Inborn Attributes Acquired Attributes Attitude Personal Performance 9 9 2 36 Units 5 5 9 90 units 9 9 9 162 units CHARTERED MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION 25