Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman
The world doesn’t need Superman because the times and needs of people have changed. We can no longer rely on shows run by only one person. The plurality of today’s lifestyle has demanded for a methodology that produces varied solutions involving more than one person to crank the good stuff. Though there’s no rule against having a whole football team composed of Supermen, there is a move from having a football team entirely dependent on one Superman.
Businesses have changed already. Businesses today are no longer entirely dependent on its assembly line. Merely churning out products or doing services above the industry’s efficiency and quality standard will not suffice. Such mechanical feat can always be replicated by others, leaving businesses with temporary advantages. What businesses need are more than refinements to its production lines. They need something more substantial and long-lasting. Businesses need ideas - innovative and strategic ideas that can penetrate the competitive and saturated business environment. In this case, two heads are usually better than one.
Customers demand more nines for their Benjamin$. With 24×7 and 99.9nines uptime as a standard for business operations right now, downtimes are intolerable for our customers. It is not enough to have redundant and fault-tolerant hardware backbones for businesses. We also need redundant and reliable people manning the machines so that in case your lead person gets sick, resigns or is held up in any accident or trouble, your business will be able to deliver those four or five nines as agreed upon.
Teamwork rules. Many companies have failed because of one person, but a lot more have been successful because of teams. Well-managed teams usually provide better decisions. It also helps everyone psychologically by addressing the social being in man and distributing work and stress with others. For what it’s worth, a good reason why there are more males than females in mental institutions is because that men think they can do everything. They try to do everything on their own and without external assistance. In cases like this, it is only a matter of time before they find themselves struggling with the situation, desperate and ultimately, disconnected from the world.
Having one person do everything just increases the likelihood of something critical being missed. As humans, everyone will commit a mistake, sooner or later. Whether it’s a mispelled command parameter or a forgotten step in a process, relying on one entity to do everything does have its disadvantages. Something that companies should do well to address.
