Escape velocity: this represents the needed speed for an object to leave the earth atmosphere and wins the gravity force. Its evaluation is interesting even under the entrepreneurial point of view. To explain what I mean, I want to speak of the kite paradox. I heard it for the first time some years ago and in my opinion, it remains a good example to take for speaking about business strategy and development. The starting question made in this paradox is: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒? It can be translated in terms of business development in: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙? But let's go back for a second to the paradox first: Escape velocity is calculated in more than 40,000 kmph speed. That means that to allow to a kite to leave the earth is necessary a wind speed of more than 40,000 kmph. But if the wind blows a more than 40,000 kmph, it will leave the earth too. In that case, there will be no wind on earth able to move our kite or anything else. No more wind will exist on earth. So, translating this in the business development concept: should the company only to choose the max powerful solution hoping that something happens, with the risk to erase any possibility of moving on its path of development. Or should it be better to pick a coherent path according to its capacity, checking out the needed power to use? Strategy, coherency behaviour, market analysis, suitability of solutions according to a defined plan. These are the pistons in our engine, and their switch off at the right time gives the harmonic result. Growing with the risk that this supposed wind of change swipe out all the efforts transforming the probably win in a sure loss of values not only under economic sight but in terms of people, organisation and control. The escape velocity of a no controlled plan can bring the kite to remain on the ground. This is in strong analogy and relation with another no evolutive allegoric image for the companies: the snake who bites its tail In this case, yes, there is in a controlled movement, but this circle around itself. This it is a wrong and repetitive movement: the enterprise continues to come on the same points, having already tasting unsuccessfully results, but it does the same do again and again looking for something impossible: a different result. Another time : strategy, coherency behaviour, analysis are the ingredients for changing the baking result.
Its evaluation is interesting even under the entrepreneurial point of view.
To explain what I mean, I want to speak of the kite paradox.
I heard it for the first time some years ago and in my opinion, it remains a good example to take for speaking about business strategy and development.
The starting question made in this paradox is:
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒?
It can be translated in terms of business development in:
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙?
But let's go back for a second to the paradox first:
Escape velocity is calculated in more than 40,000 kmph speed.
That means that to allow to a kite to leave the earth is necessary a wind speed of more than 40,000 kmph.
But if the wind blows a more than 40,000 kmph, it will leave the earth too. In that case, there will be no wind on earth able to move our kite or anything else. No more wind will exist on earth.
So, translating this in the business development concept: should the company only to choose the max powerful solution hoping that something happens, with the risk to erase any possibility of moving on its path of development. Or should it be better to pick a coherent path according to its capacity, checking out the needed power to use?
Strategy, coherency behaviour, market analysis, suitability of solutions according to a defined plan. These are the pistons in our engine, and their switch off at the right time gives the harmonic result.
Growing with the risk that this supposed wind of change swipe out all the efforts transforming the probably win in a sure loss of values not only under economic sight but in terms of people, organisation and control.
The escape velocity of a no controlled plan can bring the kite to remain on the ground.
This is in strong analogy and relation with another no evolutive allegoric image for the companies: the snake who bites its tail
In this case, yes, there is in a controlled movement, but this circle around itself.
This it is a wrong and repetitive movement: the enterprise continues to come on the same points, having already tasting unsuccessfully results, but it does the same do again and again looking for something impossible: a different result.
Another time : strategy, coherency behaviour, analysis are the ingredients for changing the baking result.