Am I dreaming??

NO. How easy was that.. hmm.. maybe I should just end the post there...

Ok, I'll go on. Here's a nifty trend I'm noticing. Businesses are getting serious.

No, not in the hum drum, no silly hats in the office, SOP environment sense...

Companies are starting (finally) to get it. Get what? The fact that business is real. That there is real competition. That there are REAL expectations. That there really is a DELL, a WAL*MART or a Home Depot waiting in the wings - IN EVERY INDUSTRY!!!

I guess I got on this jag because of some recent book titles that have caught my eye..all dealing with the concept 'real'. Confronting Reality, Who Really Matters, What Really Works?

Gone are the days of experiential learning and cutesy feel good offsites. Companies will no longer embrace Fish! eating CHEESE?! while falling out of trees. This is business, not high school.

The bottom line as far as I can see it is the trend towards REAL business focused approaches to organizations. Companies want:

REAL focus - on the goal,
REAL discipline - around tactics, and
REAL execution - on time, every time.

This is not the end of passion and excitement in business, it's only the beginning - for REAL