Why change?
About 8 years ago, Nokia was the
largest mobile maker phone company in the world and you will agree with me at
one point in your life, you had a Nokia phone or if not so, two members of your
family did. You see Nokia was a household item in many parts of the world but
what has happened in the last 8 years in the tech and mobile phone industry saw
this giant phone company not just lose market share, but lose its own self!
Yea, they got bought out, lock ,stock and barrel! It is possible as I write
this piece that Nokia is now only a brand name or product line at Microsoft
Inc! More power to Microsoft!
Watching the press conference where
the company made the big announcement that they have been acquired and lost to
Microsoft couldn't help get emotional as
the teary CEO ended his statement by saying "we didn’t do anything wrong,
but somehow, we lost”.
Lessons from Nokia and why change
Someone said the advantage you had
yesterday will be replaced by the trends of tomorrow. Nokia never kept up with
the trends of the day in the industry probably because they thought they were
too big to be intimidated. The focus in the industry suddenly changed from
handset which was their main dish to software . The Android wave hit the industry
and instead of navigating through it they avoided it. They didn't do anything
wrong but their competition changed to
fast. Sometimes to remain relevant you have to choose to work together or cope
or make do with the provision of the day. Had Nokia adopted Android then, 100%
sure, the story would be different.
-Change is the only constant thing in life, if you want to
be constant in what you do, you have to
change your way of doing it constantly.
-Life is about growth, if you want to grow
personally, in your studies, business or career you have to be very adaptive to
change.
-The world as it is today is created by the process of our
thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If you actually
enjoy using your mobile phone and it makes things easier for you, someone went
out of their way to create it and have ultimately changed your world. This is
the kind of people that the world has celebrated and is in dire need of, and if
there is something you do not enjoy, you
are not happy about it or you think can be improved, there goes your chance to
change the world and make it a better place to live in. Friend, that's the
only way we shall celebrate and honor
you and if you are not being celebrated you are possibly being tolerated!
Be the change you wish to see in the
world today who knows in 8 years you could be a world giant, a force to reckon
with just like Nokia 8 years ago!
