1) Have a just cause 2) Have a trusting team 3) Have a worthy rival 4) Have the ability to make a existential flex 5) Have the courage to lead

@hariseldon3786

2 жыл бұрын

Ban politics from the workplace.

The interviewer is quite nice. Usually interviewer far to often disrupts guest with questions. But he just asked a question, let Simon talk over that, and listened, really listened.

@guiraus

5 жыл бұрын

I agree but I don't find it very professional to show hair chest in an interview. It's the masculine equivalent of showing too much cleavage.

@hallildiallo6781

5 жыл бұрын

Smart guy.... He's learning same time

@Banefane

5 жыл бұрын

@@guiraus Your focus is on the wrong place!

@mitchiemasha

5 жыл бұрын

He seemed extremely excited to hear what Simon had to say.

@FenrisArson

5 жыл бұрын

its a „staged“ interview, thats why

25 years ago I remember taking over a failing contract where I was told to babysit while my company tried to get out of it. While ther i thought I would do my best to help the staff who were completely demoralised. We ended up saving and turning the contract around, the team worked for standard rate in overtime and the company ended up with a successful contract that they kept. I am now coming to the end of my career and from this I can now see I was playing the infinite game because the rules of the finite game were taken away from me. I wish I had realised or had seen this back then as I'm sure I would have been so mush happier in my life an career! Please take note everyone.

@florianbeckmann1170

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that.

Simon Sinek - your intelligence on these subjects are unrivaled. Thank you for bringing these ideas to light.

The interviewer did such a good job. I loved all of the questions and his focus on Simon rather than himself as many others would do.

I appreciate the interviewer’s questions. I just attended Simon’s tour in New York and my main question was, ”How do we practically apply this thinking?” Very glad to hear the answers here.

Every time I watch him I keep learning something new

I love the way this man thinks and talks. there is so much openess to explorer and be better, not only in business, but in other aspects of life too. because it is about relationships. Good relationships are built and forged over time. Facts (known) and theorems held should be second priority but they should be tweaked and/or discarded as more knowledge is uncovered.

I love how intrigued the interviewer is

I'm feeling the pressure Thank you for this!

I was feeling this Simon Sinek vid a lot more than many I've seen. Really good insight🤙

Simon's perspective is always on point. Big fan of putting his wisdom into practice.

Crazy how accurate this is.

Excellent interview. He articulated many of the thoughts I’ve had over the last few years about the moribund nature of business and the all too-frequent bounding of decision making in unhelpful metrics and structures.

Excellent Interview!!

A powerful view on what it takes to build a lasting enterprise where people can find a career, instead of a step!!! Great insights! I'm already testing the concept against the cultures of businesses that are growing and going! Regrettably, those who don't share his views often take lot's of people down with them!

great interview.. fantastic interviewer!!

This is so true. I work for a pioneer company in the hospitality distribution industry and I see so many holes in things.

Can't stop replaying 11:47

Simon has been my leadership guru for years!

I work for a finite company that thinks they are an infinite company. Talk about frustrating. It’s only about the numbers and beating last years numbers by x%. Then forecasting numbers for the next 5 years. A complete waste of time and such a time waster. Instead of being focused on innovation, we are forever chasing our tails

@MrMiller725

5 жыл бұрын

swisstrader quit

@drissalaoui4101

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrMiller725 easy to say when you have no financial responsibility

@s_s_d_d_33

3 жыл бұрын

Make your own company then.

@mrczz6690

3 жыл бұрын

slave to $, do what u like...space travel?

@user-nh3gu1ge3d

3 жыл бұрын

@@drissalaoui4101 Everyone (adult) has financial responsibilities and so what if it's easy to say? Easy to say things are wrong now? 2+2 is 4, that's easy to say. It's also correct. Just like what Robby said. If you don't like your job, quit. Get a better one. Yes, it's easy to say and also good advice.

This is beautiful

I never heard of this guy. He just popped-out on my KZread selection but I love him! He talks some real #$%^.

@ScrubsIsee

4 жыл бұрын

Then start with „Why - and the golden circle!“ He‘s just brilliant in the way he extracts and presents meaningful knowledge.

You are explaining exact how our system works . My profession is a specialist in consumer finance for the last 20 years and I’ve often worked with colleagues who want to be the best in making money and colleagues who want to ensure that the costumers get the best advice for what kind of product they must chose for their financial future . Commerce vs ethnic, for many it’s a struggle!

"How can you expect a company to have a consciousness when it has no body to be kicked and no soul to be damned?"

Wow this is a super interesting perspective. Great conversation!

Simon is one of the most brilliant organizational geniuses of this era.

@nicholasvazquez6086

2 жыл бұрын

For real. He really is

Sir Richard Branson stands behind: "Clients don't come first, your employees come first, and let your employees take care of the clients" -something in those lines. Employees should definetly be the number 1 concern in every company. Not shareholders. Sir Richard Branson I think is the best example of this and his Virgin group of companies. He runs them amazingly and if you want to take a look in how he thinks read The Virgin way (his book). He is a true entrepreneur and I think every business owner should follow his principles. Also there are more and more examples of companies giving priority to their employees and the productivity and profitability of these companies actually increases A LOT, so I hope that's the future. Even though, don't be an employee is rule number one 😎

I'm about 3/4 of the way through and it seems like a good metaphor for finite thinking would be someone who's in a burning car (blockbuster) but doesn't want to cut the seatbelt (lose late fee revenue) because it would cause damage to the car.

8:34 This mindset. We have it in politics. The majority must protect the rights of the minority and allow freedom of speech to criticize and challenge settled arguments of the majority to further hone those arguments. Your company/business/firm must be challenged so that it does not grow complacent and obsolete. While you are fighting to be number one, someone else is innovating and looking to and will surpass you possibly knocking you out of the game all together. Adapt, evolve and survive.

This is brilliant!

This cameraman must be an infinite thinker trying to capture a finite target

@KravMagoo

5 жыл бұрын

I"m sure the speaker would say the cameraPERSON is a finite thinker trying to capture an infinite target.

@mizza9124

5 жыл бұрын

made my day XD

@jeromesimon8916

5 жыл бұрын

Best

@brentrazz6355

5 жыл бұрын

Facts

@hadoken95

5 жыл бұрын

I kind of wonder if it's automated in some fashion. It seems to change focus and movement based on the movement of the speaker. I don't think human camera operators do that except in action movies.

I have seen your infinite thinking concept in business applied as Total Quality Management, I experienced how difficult it was to implement such concepts to change the outlook and goals of the organization. Like you say in the video, it’s much easier to just set a goal or number and when you reach it, your successful...not much thinking involved. I particularly liked the part of the video when you talk about the difference between competitors and rivals and learning from your rivals to reveal your own weaknesses. Since retiring from my career, I coach High School track and Instruct Taekwondo. My focus is to get my students to think in the infinite concept: always improving and constantly helping themselves and those around them getting better rather than winning, beating a particular person or obtaining a Black Belt. I explain to them that they will still be competitive, but their skill level will be much improved due to this introspective approach. I find that this helps the students, no mater the age, maintain a more optimistic approaching towards learning. My hope is they will maintain this concept and help them mold a good work ethic and outlook that will help them in the future. Thank you for sharing such a poignant video.

Love your talk Simon! You just Nailed it! Thabk you❤️❤️❤️

I could listen to this man talk all day

This guy is brilliant !

Now apply this to the US educational system. I would imagine it moving from yearly end goals, to project based learning.

@BitMatt1

3 жыл бұрын

The goals of the educational system are being met and are indoctrination not education.

@dontfeelcold

3 жыл бұрын

To the OP, I agree.

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3 жыл бұрын

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I have thought this way for awhile and he just explains it clearly.

Simon gets me through my Job when mentally drained. I listen to clips frim him a few times a week before bed to recharge for the next day. The bad side effect is I have kinda fallen for him. He'd make a GREAT Husband 😁.

@KravMagoo

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he would appreciate hearing that, Edward. I'll pass it along. Thx & gl

@ronnietorres9671

5 жыл бұрын

Right?? Lol

The problem with looking at the responsibility of businesses as maximizing profit is that the common interpretation is to only look at profit rather than maximizing shareholder value. Profit is only one aspect of value. Another aspect would be consistent growth or elasticity in markets. It doesn't do a business any good if it tanks during a recession but had profit all of the other years. If productivity is low and turnover is high, but the profit of the business meets projection, that's not necessarily what it means to maximize value. Because, like Sinek is arguing, treating people better and providing a desirable work environment will lead to more productivity, lower personnel costs, and less turnover. So, Simon's concepts still maximize shareholder value, only it looks beyond traditional finance interpretation. As he says, it takes on new meaning.

superb insights.

Makes perfect sense, well done for this interpretation of today's business working world

Planning to read this, because I have heard a few of Simon's talks and have always found them thought provoking. That said, I'm not sure where's he's going with the premise "you can't win in business... no defined metrics, etc...". In the most simple terms, public companies compete with themselves. Gross revenue is up, you're winning. Gross revenue down and you're not. So there's the most important metric.... Executive and management make wrong decisions all the time, jobs are sometimes lost because the business went down the wrong path, but the driving goal of making business owners the most money possible will not change and employees are only entitled to their jobs while the business has a need for them.

What an awesome concept. Simon is such a brilliant leader. Love this idea. I think we are doing some of this stuff really right, and then have other areas we need to work on. Can't wait to read this book! :) - Erin + Brian

This is a very great perspective uncovered by Simon Sinek, the most inspiring public education expert in modern days. If I am a “finite game” manager I will just set an arbitrary deadline or objectives to my subordinates and then, coldly, leave it alone and get back to my office. But, with “infinite game” mind set, I not only set the deadline or objectives but also work with my subordinates to explore all possible ways to accomplish those targets together.

@dagwould

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. A manager is the person who takes responsibility for their team to work as a 'community' of intentional purpose. It's about being a productive community in all aspects of 'community'. That is, people first.

Now that is insight!

Thanks, Simon for sharing the retrospective on the misguided values of the '80s and 90's the question in my mind is if this infinite pursuit of self-interest is endemic to societies everywhere and it is only a question of social shifts that trigger changes in our socio-economic values.

I find that helping others is infinite and in doing so I become the most productive in sales especially the more and more I help others.

Excellent perspective.Finite vs infinite.quite a viable thesis.👍🏾👌🏾

everything I do now is for those who come after me, yet in doing so I find peace for myself as well, this paradox is the very foundation of existence living a finite life playing in a infinite game

As soon as the interviewer asked Simon how he's company was doing I could tell Simon was surprised and did not have an answer. He's an idealist and a very smart man, but actions speak louder than words.

@S__Kay

3 жыл бұрын

What's wrong about being honest?

Simon is the best!

I want to go work for this guy! This is true leadership.

@bracero27

3 жыл бұрын

The idea is that YOU become the leader! Every thing he’s saying is a theory!

It is another great example where business thinking finally catches up with physical thinking. I see strong similarities to the "Origin of Wealth".

I have always wanted to read "start with why" but have been putting it off for a really long time. But this video got me to believe that Simon sinek is legit 🔥

@MrWilfredBramble

5 жыл бұрын

It's definitely worth the time. Audible is always good if you're the kind of person who can't just sit and read.

@vshettyvs

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrWilfredBramble thanks a lot. Actually on the contrary I really love reading from books can't stand audio books for some reason. Like podcasts though

@LeonSlapak

5 жыл бұрын

​@@vshettyvs I have read the book and, honestly, it is a lot of the same. The need for a Why is quite quickly made clear and I was dissappointed that he just kept on underlining that need, with the obvious recurring examples of Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King and such. I was hoping to get some more practical advice on how to implement it and create a company culture that actually sticks to it. The conclusion for me was that a Why is paramount for a company to succeed and the given examples of the most succesfull people/companies had that properly worked out; it's up to the reader to actually figure out how he/she can put this 'Start With Why'-principle to work.

@vshettyvs

5 жыл бұрын

@@LeonSlapak damn I hate it when books do this. I can't tell you how many books I've read that keep repeating the same thing over and over again. Something that can be completed in a 500 word article becomes a 400 page book sold for 19.99$ + bonuses I had to learn to give up my need to finish a book and get started on the next one of the content gets repetitive. I might miss out on some info but with all the work I have in my business I only get about 2 hours a day to read so I want it to be as productive as possible

@LeonSlapak

5 жыл бұрын

@@vshettyvs Then don't waste your time on this guy. It's not necessarily badly written or so, but just not as valuable as he presents it. The TED talk basically says all there is to the theory. A theory that, by the way, is developed by a marketeer, not someone who actually ran companies/movements of the size that he keeps mentioning. I would also say that his 'idea' is not really that new, there are more books or talks that one way or another state the importance of a bigger/overarching goal that pushes your daily operations in some direction. He just made it easier to follow because he is a great public speaker and focussed only on this idea. Books like Zero to One by Peter Thiel and The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki were way more valuable to me than Simon Sinek's. Written by people who were actually inside of spectacular companies, which for me made it more inspiring and credible.

Satisfying your relationships and working the bounds of the laws seems worthy! Comparing apples to oranges. Shareholders typically want profit. Some don’t.

he is so right about companies not being loyal...i have been employed by the same company for 20 years and i believe once they let me go. I won't find a stable job that will be willing to keep me for the next 20 or 5, so it is very difficult in this days and age.

@jasiellerose9651

5 жыл бұрын

memoranda1 yes your absolutely right! That’s why more than ever we must do something else job security is obsolete . You just have to have he right information and the right vehicle

This is my first time hearing this principle and it's very fascinating for sure.

@PhilSvitekYT

5 жыл бұрын

In particular 345 section about layoffs is very relevant and on point

Excellent. This is how it should be. I believe that ultimately if you rigidly set fixed targets, then you are setting yourself up to fail. Or accumulate issues stemming from the mentality. Yep I'm talking about being human. Anything depending upon human beings to function, needs to function in a very human way.

Sounds like the military 🪖 we the team versus the individual. There's no monetary incentives in the military and no colleges but we do have brother and sisters who support each other and our adaptable environments. Thank you Simon for your support of us

Great business tool!!

Very interesting, I am coming from a background of understanding the importance of logistics, and process-based thought/work (i.e., not each event can/need be a good outcome), and the infinite game fits in very nicely with this understanding. Great match with other personal and leadership educators such as Jordan Peterson and Jocko Willink.

Re: Milton Friedman, he would say deciding what is ethical is a personal decision just as is the decision to work for an employer. If an employer is unethical, it carries the risk of losing valuable employees based on said decisions.

This is what I needed this morning, after getting up at 4.45 to go in to do a job that is solely drives by arbitrary numbers & targets. Thankyou.

Brilliant!

My first real company, I worked for, from 1994 towards had those principles. The work was fun, the company was something we all trusted.. and we became the number one mobile phone company in the world - but that was just a bonus.

@younglens12

2 жыл бұрын

ATT?

Sinek has defined, in terms that current executives can understand, the difference between the ongoing concern and the limited-run. "The finite game" as he defines, is exactly why you see - and will continue to see, business collapse and the loss of valuable brands. During the economic recession of 2006-2008, companies DESTROYED excess capacity. All the millions of dollars in decades gone by that were spent expanding were squandered because the finite game lies to the players about the cost that it takes to restore capacity quickly. It's this mindset that tells the players that infrastructure maintenance has nowhere near the importance as expansion. This is corporate governance and management by crisis. If you can't adapt in crisis the entire business fails, and you will get exponentially worse at handling crisis over time. You build water towers to meet the spikes in water demand over time. The crisis executive blows up water towers instead of maintaining them, buys more pumps, and when demand spikes, demands price increases on consumers to cover the costs to add much more expensive new pumps. In a business environment where everyone does the same thing and operates from a crisis, the consumer will look to eliminate the need for the product altogether, because unlike these crisis businesses, the consumer seeks to gain and maintain capacity - the family can expand at any time, and a lifetime is spent trying to gain and hold onto the ability to handle that spike in demand.

This goes along with the book The Art of Action by Stephen Bungay. Really good thinking...

Not all business have a clear cause. Some start with one and lose sight of it later, and a select few maintain a clear view of their cause. These can progress in there cause and that is success. As he says it's progress towards a cause.

I heard about "making the numbers" from employees in a corporation in our city but never heard that sort of conversation from any of the hundreds of small businesses or sole proprietors that I worked with during the time I operated my own business (1979 to 2020). We cooperated with each other, traded or borrowed supplies from each other, and it was never "dog eat dog". We never required customers to fill out credit applications and I don't recall ever losing a total of $500 in the 40+ years due to bad debts. There is a lot more cooperation in business than the general public is led to believe.

That’s why you focus on chunks of time within the infinite game. I try and keep my employees updated on the daily sales and emphasize how much more we need to hit sales or how far over the target we are. Find joy in the little Goals achieved.

@owenrodgers8020

4 жыл бұрын

But you actually need to look at what the achievement of that goal means... Otherwise you're just playing a micro-finite game... Which is even worse

Staggering, Simon Sinik is a great thought leader!

@malooly

5 жыл бұрын

agreed. I've watched it like 5 times already

True leader is the one who leads people to what is good for them .

He just saying that companies should think long-term. Just in fancy. Which is not a new concept. But he is right in his analysis.

Sheer Brilliance! How about the 'Roman' concept of Compete? Strive together to make each other better?

I'm a simple person. I see Simon Sinek, I click!

@fitnesspoint2006

3 жыл бұрын

What an original comment never heard that before

@MatthewC137

3 жыл бұрын

on economic matters, you'd have to be simple to like this guy. Ho lee fuk he is ignorant.

I'm feeling a unique mix of inspiration and nausea after watching this.

I would recommend to anyone that finds this video intriguing, check out a couple of books: The Toyota Way and Toyota Principles of Leadership.

Very much relatable 🔥👏❤️

Reminds me of Tribal Leadership's concept of work cultures that towards a "noble cause"

The process to become a infinite thinker is a very difficult journey. Infinite thinkers are exceptional people and very hard to find . A scholar warrior is even more difficult to find 💯. One in a billion.

3:19 the 80s and 90s were indeed a time of reggae relative peace with bands such as UB40 bringing the genre to pop

Now I want to read this book

Phenomenal.

Dang nab it. Now I have a few more books to read! This is a great find!

If a company acts unethically, the market is supposed to punish it for doing so by declining to enter into business with them (boycotting etc.). So Milton Friedman implied that behaving ethically is coupled with the pursuit of profit (if the company is somewhat transparent)

It's holes vs drill bits. Companies that focus on making drill bits miss the fact that customers need holes, and someone will come along that is in the business of creating holes, and your drill bit business is bankrupt.

Simon, you aren't the only one who tripped over these ideas. So, have I after years of working and observing how businesses currently run.

Amazing 😍

Hey, how're you going? I love what you're doing and I see your passion, level of consciousness and frustration. I'm just watching your video promoting your book The Infinite Game and where you mentioned you were trying to "challenge the ... status quo (I think) and tho I champion what your trying to do, tho I wonder if you've considered leaving the status quo to burn themselves out or become extinct through the natural law of evolution and just focus on creating the New? Much less resistance that way. Love and Peace, Aurora Arcturus, Founder of the New Earth Collaborative 🛸

Kodak is another example of finite thinking. There are also the challenges of group think mentality and complacency. These ideas are not just business issues, they occur in all aspects of human endeavor both intra and inter personal. The relationship we have with our planet is also one that is seen as a fight and why we will lose unless we make it interpersonal. Oh you talk about Kodak now and I wrote this before the end. Lol.

I like Simon's perspectives, because he always talk about TRUST, HONESTY, and EMPATHY which is nowadays becoming more and more irrelevant in business, organisation and teamwork, so sad :( I think the infinite game based on those virtues, rather than just hitting the target, It's about the opportunity to grow to be a better person, better team, better organisation everyday..like Simon said, it's a constant improvement. Thanks, Simon! very inspiring.

@hendralie9694

11 ай бұрын

So with infinite game. The Company do not have to make a target or goals ?

great!

Adriano Olivetti did all those things mister Sineks said. Since he was given his father's legacy, the typewriter factory. He did so much for the good of his employees, that if we compare to what Google praises in doing, Olivetti did much more and better... from 1920's till he died in the 1960. Olivetti didn't care of the costs, he knew that the best investments were in the welfare of the employees, in the research and innovation, he didn't care to be the first or the best. Steve Jobs once admitted he got inspired to him. Olivetti has been a cutting-edge personality of his time.

One of the biggest tools of the 21-st century. A person so in love with the sound of his voice, it seems like he is actually saying something.

I have the book he read in my room and I’m off today, think I’ll finish it.

@novejmenouzivatele

3 жыл бұрын

go for your own cause man, don't wait

The interviewer’s face is my face every time Simon Sinek speaks

You nailed it, Simon. Millennials did not matriculate in a meritocracy. No matter how hard they work, it does not matter. Reward is given for other things. My generation, Generation X, failed to lead the subsequent generations and we should all be using our remaining years to stand tall and do right. There is much smart thinking to think and much hard work to be done. Although, I do disagree with your characterization of Friedman.

This man is far beyond his time, i fall in love with him over and over.

@danblaize5742

5 жыл бұрын

Elena, I’m pretty sure

@sagebreezy

5 жыл бұрын

@@danblaize5742 lol get well soon... Jealousy is a disease

@danblaize5742

5 жыл бұрын

Just Rose, so we both think he’s a good looking guy and I was right? No need to be snarky about it.

just affirm it in this moment