In Kare Anderson’s video on TED, she talks about how people are blinded by the need to excel and get recognized individually. She claims that the best approach to being useful to the community is learning to develop opportunities that are helpful to the entire society. Anderson is keen to highlight that while most people try to work on their own in the development of business ideas, it would be much easier to develop bigger ideas if people integrated their different ideas.
People have different talents, and they have a better chance of developing a big idea when they work together, rather than individually. Anderson calls for the members of the community to be open to accepting other people’s talents and utilizing them to generate a force that can change the community through opportunity development. Anderson sets out to demonstrate the best and easiest way for people to begin making their dreams a reality. According to her experience in life, the most difficult part of innovation is commencing with the development of a creative idea. Most people get stuck at the starting point because they lack the support of the people around them.
Anderson’s sentiment is that the society has a better chance of success in building smarter ideas when different talents work together. Her sentiments are quite valid while considering the requirements of developing innovative ideas. People need to brainstorm and develop ideas that are not only practically viable, but ideas that are game changers in a business. Anderson believes that instead of aspiring for individual success, the greater good is attained when people come together to develop an opportunity that lifts them up as a group.
She also indicates that everyone is better than someone else at doing a specific thing; hence, working as a community means that teamwork is the best way to overcome challenges. Anderson reveals that the success of teamwork is a function of the cohesion among its members. She gives an example of an artist whom she met in Chicago, who later developed a close relationship with Anderson’s friend who shared the same passion for art. It is apparent that she believes that besides from people in a team having different talents, it is essential for them to have the cohesion required to effectively articulate their respective ideas.
Opportunity makers should have a visionary goal when developing innovative ideas. Anderson reveals that it is important for the opportunity makers to understand how their ideas will affect them and the community. Their aim should always be inclined toward having positive outcomes for the community. Anderson recommends that people should avoid stagnating in their relationship development by hanging around people who think alike.
She challenges individuals to constantly look for people with different points of view on issues. By doing this, the opportunity makers have access to different people with different talents; hence, when they are faced with a problem, they always have people to call. Anderson believes that by embracing the differences between people in the society, more opportunities can be developed.
Business entities should consider this ideology because it reveals that the diversity among the human assets of an organization can be used to boost the innovative power of the teams in the company. Anderson’s idea is a challenge to managers and leaders in business entities to consider hiring employees with different talents because it can shape the success of a company if it is used effectively.