Thoughts on Company Policies – Part 2

By Reg Scheepers

For no apparent reason this random thought occurred to me. Actually I think we were talking about the cell phone company Cell C and their re-branding effort in South Africa. And I thought to myself, companies have an awful lot of systems and policies in place.

Policies and systems that dictate how and what to do and not do… if this happens, this is what the response should be.

I started to think about how, when a company’s founder passes away, those systems ensure the company continues to grow and operate soundly in the spirit of the founder even though the man or woman whose vision it was in the first place, is no longer there.

It only makes sense that the person who had the vision for the company will be more driven to make it work and continue to grow. So what happens when the company founder dies?

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Break the Rules – Part 2

By Reg Scheepers

In Part 1 I tried to offer a balanced view on the benefits of being a rule follower who does everything by the book, and being a rebel-type personality who doesn’t always follow conventional wisdom and rules.

Rebels are too often seen as counter-productive types who just cause trouble. Though I tried to be unbiased in part one (except for the title), I admit here freely in part two that I prefer being around people who are rebels. I will explain in no uncertain terms why I prefer being a rebel and why.

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