Javier input, specifically the video you bound to the end of it reminded me of an issue on which I have discussed on many occasions with clients and colleagues. It is the abuse which, in my opinion, it is often between sport and business. Rather between competitive sport and business competition.
Go ahead I am of those who think that competitive sport can bring many positive lessons to life in general. However, I think usually in the comparison between sport and business forget certain elements that differ significantly both. Some final: a.
- Rules
All sports have rules. Rules usually known, understood and accepted, and often have a certain permanence in time. Moreover, all sports have an arbitrator whose duty is to ensure that they follow the rules and interpret them to make decisions with immediate effect, before the public.
obviously not the case in business competition. There are rules but their failure can go undetected for years. There are no referees, and if they exist, do not make decisions for immediate implementation and the public before. Moreover, business strategy is to generate sustainable competitive advantages and differences that are created sometimes "reinvented" the rules. Imagine a player who leaves the court with a racket large or a basketball player with a shoe with springs. In fact, some recent sports innovations, such as bathing suits that appeared last year, have not been accepted. Compare that to the business innovations.
In my opinion this is the first major difference. B.
- The competition
The sports competition develops in specific dates, beginning and end, each party has a specific date and at the end of the competition something happens, someone wins and someone loses or is eliminated, and so on.
The business competition is a small forest. Even in the quintessential market, stock market, operations are "off market" sometimes very dull. Not long ago recommended to pay attention to "time to market, speed or time to market. Business competition not always give you a second chance, a leg or "down to second." Neither is an acceptable result to be second or third, for example, the classification of a bid after a public competition. Second
difference. C.
- Setting targets and equipment
By the very nature of competition and the size of the equipment is easier to set shared goals: to win the league, qualifying for a competition, relegation, finishing the race or race. It goes without saying at length the difficulty of setting targets or that are shared by all or most of the people in an organization.
For equipment, but highly recommended not seem essential to maintain a good relationship for sporting success. Something that seems key to any business team. Two
differences.
d. - Training
Finally, training is the basis of sporting competition but not in the business. Develop this theme in a rear entrance.
In conclusion, I believe that sport can bring and teach us many things applicable to our personal and professional life, but we must recognize their characteristics and circumstances and not be blinded by their lights and their stars.
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