Title: Why keep it a secret?

On my way to India I watched a movie called "The social network". It was a movie on how Facebook was invented. I was inspired by one of the founders - Mark Zuckerburg and his dedication to develop the technical and content side of Facebook.

The film also showed how Sean Parker, the founder of Napster joined in. Although the film gave us a very bad impression of him, I see him as one of the main guys behind Facebook’s success as a commercial company. He was able to attract investors to invest in Facebook, employ people and "make things happen".

These kinds of people who are able to execute a company’s strategy with such high energy are so valuable for a company’s success.

I don’t think it was Facebook’s strategy that made them a successful company, but the ability to execute their strategy. This is also supported by research which indicates that it is not the strategy itself that is the most important factor (although it is important), but how you manage to execute that strategy. This cannot be copied - it has to be performed by highly energetic and inspired people. So don’t keep your strategies a secret but find the right people who can help you execute it.

As a last note to this cartoon blog I would like to say that I was inspired by Sean Parker’s character and would like to have more of these go-getters in my organization. So if there are any energetic strategy executers out there looking for a job - Corporater might be the place for you.

Author : Tor Inge Vasshus

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