Global Implementation

Abstract

Businesses are increasingly operating on a global stage, and need to consider the question of Vitality not just within the confines of the organization, but across different nations and cultures. As discussed in Chap. 5, certain people naturally lend themselves to Current Performance activities, while others do better building Future Potential. But can this be expanded to apply to a whole group of people from a specific country or culture? Are workers in one part of the world more creative or able to solve complex problems in such a way that it would make sense to task them with Future Potential exploration? Are people from other nationalities less likely to challenge the status quo or to question established procedures to the point where exploration or the tasks associated with Future Potential are fruitless? If so, this might suggest that an approach to Vitality implementation in which different geographies had different responsibilities made the most sense. But are these generalizations correct?