When was the last time your company encouraged you to ask “Why”?
Why do we do it that way? Why don’t we do it like this?
Probably not recently, but If you have asked that question what was the response; was it “because that’s the way it’s always been done”?
Considering our economic times and how many companies are struggling to increase their financial viability it is amazing that more companies are not creating a culture of “Why”.
So what is this culture? It’s a culture that focuses on asking “Why” and encourages and rewards employees for doing so.
It is not the all too prevalent culture of pointing out what is wrong with the organization, pointing of fingers, abdication of responsibility or the placing of blame.
A Why culture encourages and even requires everyone to ask:
Why do we do what we do and why do we do it the way we do it?