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New and improved vs old and effective
By Dirk Bansch of Summit Consulting & Training Ltd
When I facilitate management training events, I often notice that participants fall into the trap of thinking that new automatically means better. I seem to be the kind of person who tends to buy products and goes for headlines that shout “new and improved”, but at a seminar it can be quite annoying when I mention an idea to the audience and some delegates go “Yeah, yeah, we already know that. Tell us something new!” Of course I love using the newest and coolest tools and techniques. We all want to be on the cutting-edge of training development and it is great to be able to introduce people to new and different ways of thinking and then hopefully acting. But! When I check whether the delegates who scream loudest for the “new” stuff have actually used the “old” stuff, I could make a mint if I put all my money on “no”. New stuff is sexy. New stuff is exciting. New stuff is often very good and effective. And it is what we all want. But in order to get to the next level of our professional and personal development, we need to apply what we already know. We need to be comfortable and confident in using the basics. Otherwise we will always chase for the next fix and the next hype. And we deserve better than that!
Dirk Bansch is Director of Learning & Development at Summit Consulting & Training Ltd.
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Hi, Dirk: Good intel: I totally agree.
John
Brilliant! You really cut to the quick and so obviously know your stuff.
You are so right, Dirk. Thanks.
Regards,
Jim
You used an old and effective method to get your point across. It still works pretty well I would say.
Commerce has been around ever since cavemen discovered that they could avoid nasty and painful confrontations by swapping what they had for what they needed. It is true to say that there is no new way of doing commercial transactions, only new ways of explaining what they are. The oldest profession, the one with the longest tradition, is also the one that keeps re-inventing itself - advertising (what did you think it was?). 'New' simply means 'repackaged'.
I always say "If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
Absolutely true, Dirk. Great intel!
I agree! Many of the New and Improved things are made with a timed obsolesence that the Old didn't have.
Great foundation to build on... I like this! I would say the same applies to music theory... thank you!
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