Do you have a BPC (Business Prevention Committee) where you work?
The BPC may not have a formal meeting schedule, so it can be difficult to tell who is actually on the Committee. But you can often tell who is on the BPC by looking for these signs:
1. Person has a narrow view of the company or customer, a “my silo” thinker. For example, a Marketing person who doesn’t care about the negative impact of a marketing program on customer service.
2. Person is generally averse to testing new ideas, a “this is the way it has always been done” kind of personality. BPC’ers never admit to being wrong about an idea, especially ones that have to do with “change” of some kind.
3. Talk of performance-based measurement and compensation makes BPC’ers very nervous. Not fans of their own skin in the game, getting a little risk on the table. Like many bloggers, they just repeat what they read. No data, no conviction, and no responsibility.
4. A fundamental lack of knowledge about how the business really works. Worse, won’t take the time to find out what they don’t know because “that’s not my job”.
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