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What is the very?
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Let's say critical element
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if somebody want to step into this journey
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and do we all need to get on this journey?
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Ah, that's a good question
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I think that a successful business
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which is a system which creates value for customers and jobs for people
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it should be grounded in authentic demand and
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it's the people working in the business have many roles.
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And there's a difference between working in the business
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and working on it and entrepreneurs need to work.
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Need to move towards working on the business.
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directing and guiding and leading
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but in the beginning they're going to be in it and on it.
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They're going to be
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in the kitchen, so to speak cleaning up and doing work and
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but eventually if they want to grow and scale and create more jobs and more growth
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in their company then they would need to systematize
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and step back and create documented systems that can be repeatable.
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But everyone can have an entrepreneurial mindset
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and my great-grandfather did this in his business
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he had this concept called blue sheets and you've heard of Blue Sky Thinking.
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This is back in the 1920s.
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He had every department
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and not too far away from any worker is a sheet of blue paper in a box.
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And anyone can write down any idea for improving.
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This Is 1920, this is before the Toyota way
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Wow - which is a similar mindset.
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And my grandfather collected the blue sheets
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and people read them all, and any idea which they felt could be implemented to improve.
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production or worker welfare
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or anything would be implemented in that person would get credit.
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They would get.
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Awards
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Financial Awards
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recognition and so this was highly motivating
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and so everyone in the whole business was entrepreneurial.