Ever watched ants work? In such regimented and resolute manner that tempts you to disrupt their organised trail? Organizations do well to apply the ants principle to the modern workforce management.
Walking down a path outside the lodge we couldn’t help contemplating how ants have no managers, no KPI and no micromanagement – yet they outperforms. They have no managers and work without commanders.
We concluded that it’s because they understand or have internalised their roles of needing to store up food in one season for another. (Whether it is summer for winter or during the dry for wet season.
If we were to apply this to the human workforce then organizations should cultivate a culture where employees work based on ownership rather than compliance. Even King Solomon in the Bible saw this behaviour in this insect 3,000 years ago. He told the sluggards to “Go to the ant… consider its ways and be wise.” (Proverbs 6:6)
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