Comments on: Why “Best Practices” Lead to Mediocre Results

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By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:17:52 +0000

Dano – what a great term!
-Dan

By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:17:22 +0000

Tim – interesting! Bummer I can't sit in on one of your classes. Have a great day.
-Dan

By: Dano Manion

Dano Manion — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:35:18 +0000

I'm sure this has been said before, but after I read your comment the words “Frankenstein Business” rang in my head. Great Comment!

By: Tim Kastelle

Tim Kastelle — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:57:22 +0000

Excellent post Dan. I spent the week teaching people about business models and stressing the fact that if you change one part of a business model, the rest has to change as well to be consistent. It's exactly the same issue that you're raising here – you can't just drop in one part of someone else's successful practice.

By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:53:37 +0000

Casey: thanks so much! In a way, I suppose it is a challenge, though, not from me. We all face the challenge of creating something meaningful, a body of work worth the lifetime you trade creating it.
Have a great night.
-Dan

By: Casey Allen

Casey Allen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:03:19 +0000

Netflix has an interesting vacation policy...they don't have one. If you need time off, you take time off. Recharge as long as you need, come back, and kick ass.

They iterated in a way they saw fit, and I'm sure every HR director of a F1000 would do nothing but throw negs at how it shouldn't be able to work. How it could never be replicate-able.

What I like about this blog post of yours is it's almost a jab, a challenge to all entrepreneurs to rethink their business practices and make sure they're not stuck in "the old ways".

The only person that wins chasing "best" is the BCG consultant wearing $600 shoes. I'd rather be the Netflix guy wearing no shoes.

By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:19:55 +0000

Dano,
You make a good point about being aware of common practices, absolutely. Thanks!
-Dan

By: Dano Manion

Dano Manion — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:57:59 +0000

I hope I can get a refund on my Toothpaste conference tickets.

Although I do think it's good to at least look at common practices, I think your right in that, there is more to it. We have to really reach out to our customers to help them with what matters to them and focus the company's agenda around that, as a whole.

Great Post Dan!

By: DanBlank

DanBlank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:05 +0000

Derek,
Thank you so much!
-Dan