The Ability to Think Big

One of the fundamental qualities of all great leaders and CEOs, is ability to think big.
There is a story from old days of Infosys, when it was US 1 Million company. When management set to discuss the business growth for the next year; they set a target of US 2 million for next year. It might sound a very simple target now, but in that time it was actually doubling the company!!

Dhirubai Ambani’s ability to think big made him the legend what he is remembered today as.

Early part of my career or part of the management education; I came across few guys who drew my attention for their ability to think above the mass. They could able to look at a bigger picture and could project a much bigger business. Though; that time that projection looked more ambitious. But these were not just mere numbers, these guys had a execution plan in place, cementing my understanding that think big, is not only about thinking, but it also needs a bigger execution plan.

I have an interesting story of how changing the seating location helped us to think big!

When our business unit was about 30 guys, we were sitting in a location, sharing the floor space with other teams. Then we shifted to a new building of capacity of 150 seats, and all of a sudden we started feeling we are part of a bigger team, bigger company. I think, we really expanded our scope and went after the new business.

Then, the sense of big really occupied our minds. Though, I am not saying this was sufficient or we really know how to think big.

Now, within one month, we will be moving to yet another location, with much bigger space/capacity.

Need to see, if this fuels another wave of think big!