Superpowers
You've been led to believe your job is to follow instructions. Instead, your job is to make things happen.
First is the belief that you can make a difference.
Second is the ability to see reality as it is.
Third is doing the work that nobody else does.
To do so, know your superpowers. If you don't, you have the option to do nothing until you know them.
Many activities give you superpowers. Some examples:
Create a map. A project is at the heart of any change. In big corporations many projects are doomed from the start. Some suffer from lack of ambition, others from lack of competence or lack of understanding. And any failed project suffers from lack of direction. Create a map & guide the way.
Manage complexity. A big corporation is full of tourists. They have technical skill but don't know their territory. They do superficial work and never deal with the big ball of complexity. Get to know your territory & untangle the complexity.
Possess unique skills. Some skills are so rare that simply having access to them is valuable. Typically, these skills are found at the edge or embedded in the core. At the edge new opportunities are created for the organisation and to have unique skills requires constant learning. This is why top AI scientists can command very high salaries. In contrast, in the core archaic IT systems are interconnected and to have unique skills requires deep context built over years of work. This is why highly skilled COBOL developers are being brought back from retirement. Build unique skills.
Inspire. To be the one that accelerates, simplifies, adds nuance, requests a long-term strategy, tests robustness makes a group do more with less. Add intensity.
Foster connections. Many organisations suffer from siloed information. If you're able to create connections between these silos, you can create massive value.
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