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Brownian Motion and Good Ideas



Why Do Good Ideas Never...


Ever wonder why it's so hard to change things at your business? Ideas, especially new fresh ideas, meet a lot of resistance. But why?


The reasons for resistance are as numerous as there are people in your organization. That's right. Nearly everyone has a reason why a new idea is not a good idea. It's part of human nature to fear and resist change.


Think about this. As a child, whenever your parents made the statement, "there are going to be some changes around here," was it ever good? The goal may have been in your best interest but the changes generally meant more discipline, less freedom and more accountability. "No going outside until your homework is done!"


Can you think of a time when that expression was used, "there are going to some some changes around here", and it was a good thing for you? When the boss says, "we need to make some changes," do you immediately think good news is coming? Well?


"I have an idea..."


You might as well scream, "I want to run naked through the halls." When those words are uttered, all eyes go to you and all ears go on full alert. The guns are trained and ready to shoot down anything that means change. Because of the reaction most new ideas get, few people like to put their thoughts on the table.


It's a waste. There are billions and billions of great ideas bottled up in the talent at your business.

 

Consider what happens when an idea is floated at your business.


The idea gets knocked around by everyone who makes contact with the new concept whether it actually involves them or not. Everyone has an opinion and those opinions generally move the idea off course. Rarely do we see path-clearing support arise for new thought. (Can the red ball move in a straight line to any point? No.)


Why? Fear, impatience, ego, threat, insecurity, and as many more reasons as there are human beings.


The Answer?


First, we need to agree that new ideas are wanted. Some businesses do not want new ideas. The CEO does not want ideas. Management does not want new ideas. If thinking is not wanted, there is no point in trying different ways to present new thought.


But if business improving ideas are wanted, then a simple method of receiving and evaluating them will greatly help the business. This is exactly why the old suggestion box was so successful in the past. Today we need new tools.


That's what this presentation is about: Developing the tools to gather and evaluate ideas.


The Results Are Amazing!


This presentation produces incredible results. You'll see benefits immediately. In fact, it could save a failing business.


This is just one topic of many that I present to businesses around the country. But it might be the most important of all. If you would like me to present this rewarding topic at your business, business meeting or business event, call me today to discuss the arrangements. Don't wait, the date you need may book to someone else.


Call Chris at (530) 467-5690  or Contact me by Email: Chris@BizPhyZ.com  (The subject line will fill out for you automatically)



This is a java applet demonstrating Brownian motion for gas molecules but serves as an instructional metaphor for business.


Qualitative evidence of the microscopic nature of gases is shown by an effect called Brownian motion. This is sometimes called the "random walk" or the "drunkards walk". Simply put, the collision with other objects moving in their own path's alters the course of an object.

Pick any point within the bounds and think of that as the goal point. You could even say that reaching ANY edge is reaching the point of implementation as having reached an edge means you have cleared or eluded the opposing forces.


Then watch what happens as your idea is hammered by jealousy, internal politics and the Devil's advocates.


To start, input N which is a number of possible people who might hear about the idea.


Next, try this interesting thought exercise. Right Click the screen. This stops the action. Drag the RED ball in a corner. Notice two things: 1. How difficult it is for an idea to break out   2. How battered the path is out of the corner


This idea cannot be over estimated for your business. Consider an idea trying to break free within a large business by using N=2000.  And look at the battering an idea will take with only N=5!  Experiment with "weighting" the idea. m2/m1= Larger numbers give the idea more weight (importance?). The big idea moves slowly. And an idea of little consequence? Moves rapidly and chaotically around the organization.


What's the point? I have a fantastic presentation on how you get good ideas and good thinking moving smoothly through your business. We must foster good thinking and quit kicking the ball around. It's time to innovate and compete.


Grey Balls = Co-Workers and Management   Red Ball = "The" New Idea



Brownian Motion

    Each grey circle represents a member of your business who has contact with "the" idea.
    N is the total number of employees involved.
      Enter value into the Text Field and press RETURN.
    m2/m1 is the mass ratio of red ball (Idea) to gray balls (employees).

        (Try it, and find out the difference)

    Press + will have a smaller time interval. (faster motion)
    Press - for slower motion.

    Click trace check box to show the trace for one of the molecules (red).

      Click it again to turn it off and clear the screen.

    Right Click to stop the animation, click it again to resume.

    While the animation is stopped, drag the red ball to relocate its position.

    If you click No boundary checkbox,
    particles moving to the right edge will appear at left edge again (No collision with the wall).

I used a Brownian Java app developed by Fu-Kwun Hwang of The National Taiwan Normal University to produce this demonstration.