Aimee
[closed] How can someone use swarm intelligence without a common plan?
Hello,
I am a current senior business major with a major of business administration and a concentration of management. So far I have some general knowledge about business from my academic teachings and my lessons at school. In addition, I have gained some people skills from volunteering and having a couple of jobs. When matters get complicated in business, people must come together as teams and gather intelligence on the enemy of competitors and to solve problems. My question is: "How can someone use swarm intelligence to get goals accomplished without a simple plan in place?"
Thank you. #management #business-administration #leadership #office-administration
1 answer
Andrew Pace
Andrew’s Answer
I may not be answering your question, but the best way I've found to collect info from the swarm has been developing strong relationships with individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise. You will be thrown together in ad hoc groups many times in your career, this will largely be outside of your control. What is in your control is how much attention you pay to members of the group with ideas that resonate with you, or with whom you seem to share natural chemistry, etc.
You want to get good at 1) finding things in other people you admire, 2) accepting the social risk of reaching out to them (let's have coffee, breakfast, can I pick your brain, etc.) and 3) maintaining those relationships over time with a quick phone call, email, etc.
In addition to being effective, this practice is also extremely rewarding for most people. I've heard it said that relationship cultivation is the single most important skill in determining life long happiness. Hope this helps.