What is the most effective competitiveness?

When Microsoft recruits new employees, some questions are always asked repeatedly:

"Are you interested in software design?"

"What fundamental impact do you think software development will have on people's lives?"

These are questions that employees who enter Microsoft must answer.

A Microsoft senior human resources training director gave an explanation:

“Software design is a creative work, and Microsoft is a company that pays special attention to work efficiency. In addition to basic software knowledge, those who need it must have rich imagination and high creativity, because free creation is the entrepreneurial spirit of Microsoft."

Everyone can make his own company. Every change and every progress of the company is closely related to the individual. Although this is a very simple concept, it has a huge impact on employees.

Many well-known companies in the world have recognized the importance of unleashing the creativity of their employees.

The United States Hewlett-Packard Company was founded in 1939. Not only has the company entered the ranks of the top 100 world-renowned companies with its outstanding performance, it is also famous for its corporate spirit of attaching importance to people, respecting and trusting them. World. Bill Hewlett, the founder of HP, said: "HP's success relies on the purpose of 'valuing people'. It means that HP employees want to do a good job and create something. As long as they are provided with the appropriate environment, they will We can do better."

The brochure of Southwest Airlines has this eye-catching text: "We have the best pilots in the United States." This is indeed the case, Southwest Airlines. Very proud of their drivers. They use their wisdom to save the company a lot of costs.

Southwest Airlines spends about $350 million on gasoline in a year, and managers have tried their best to reduce this cost. But Southwest Airlines pilots reduced this cost by 10% without affecting service quality. Because every pilot of Southwest Airlines knows how to take shortcuts in the airport, they know very well which taxiway is the most time-saving. It is precisely because every pilot can consciously and actively save time when flying, and save time. One minute means saving $8, which is quite astonishing.

A reporter once asked Einstein: "Is it because you have fully developed your brain that you have achieved such an achievement?"

Einstein replied: "No. "I probably only used 10% of my brain power." The reporter was very shocked and continued to ask: "How much can the average person use?"

"Maybe about 4%" Einstein replied calmly. road.

Human creativity is unlimited. If we can realize this, we should be confident in our creative potential, awaken the potential creative consciousness in our hearts, and promote our transformation from ordinary people to creative personalities. Transform, re-appreciate the precious creative resources that exist within us.

There is a small company that selects a "Best Creative Award of the Week" every week. Although the bonus is not large, the feeling of being valued that employees get from this cannot be measured in terms of money.

How to have the power to change the company. First of all, you need to know that you have unlimited potential. This is an indisputable fact. Your wisdom and creativity are enough to change this company. Psychologist James said: "What we know is only a very small part of the resources of our brains and bodies." Human potential is like an iceberg suspended in the ocean, and people only see its faint outline above the water. A very small part of it, and most of it is submerged in the sea and ignored by us.

A few years ago, there was a news in the British newspaper that the United Kingdom planned to abolish the National Patent Office because they believed that everything that should be in the world had been invented, so the Patent Office was lost. What it does. Of course, this news is more like a joke.

The human brain has inexhaustible treasures, and the development of human society to this day is driven by its own imagination and creativity. Every human invention and creation may affect the future development of the world.