“People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-cantered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to…rather than detracts from our lives.”
Stephen R. Covey
As we all know, the linchpins in the OSS industry have an abundance of knowledge. But interestingly, they are also linchpins because of their ability to pass on as much of that knowledge as possible to others so that they can increase the value of the connections that they can make.
Conversely, I’ve worked with CSPs where the “knowledge is power” ethos has been equated with a scarcity mentality and all knowledge is protectively kept from others.
When it comes to knowledge, within OSS in particular, I’m a strong believer in the abundance mentality. There is no limitation on knowledge. Nobody can possibly know everything about OSS and in fact there is always so much to learn, so bouncing ideas off your colleagues invariably expands their knowledge and yours.
Is your organisation’s culture one of abundance or scarcity?
If you’re a technologist (eg enterprise architect, developer, BA, tech PM, CTO, etc) who has been tasked with implementing significant technological and business transformation in
We’ve embarked on a journey of trying to plan for the future of OSS/BSS, not by predicting the future, but by seeking ways to be
Over the years, I’ve often referred to The Corkscrew Analogy or Momentum Spiral to describe a mindset of incremental improvement that’s needed to keep an
We’ve embarked on a journey of trying to plan for the future of OSS/BSS, not by predicting the future, but by seeking ways to be
Here at Passionate About OSS, we are exactly that – Passionate About OSS (Operational Support Systems). We’re also passionate about BSS, NMS, or any other names you call the tools that help to operationalise your network.
