Why Understanding Corn u0026amp; Beans is Important for Team Building?

Oct 5, 2017

Richard Fall

I spent my professionally formative years in the heart of Silicon Valley. I moved to the Midwest of the US several years ago–what I used to think of as “fly over” states resolved into a vibrant, abundant part of the country.

Depending on the time of year, I drive by fields being prepared for planting, or crops of corn and soybeans in full bloom, or dried plants being harvested by amazingly complex machinery.

It’s been an eye opener, to say the least.

However, in addition to the direct observations of how important the Midwest is to the US–indeed, to the world–in providing food and feed stocks, something else crept into my mind recently.

As we move forward in our careers, we understand that we must rely on others to accomplish the “big things” in front of us. We cannot do it all–and even if we could, that’s not an approach that would ever scale.

So, we hire new talent, and we build teams, and we move forward, always forward.

Seeing corn and beans and understanding the relationship is important to understand team building.

About the author

Richard Fall

National Solutions Architect | United States

Richard has been a practice lead in the Digital Transformations (formerly Mobility) practice at Sogeti for 2-1/2 years, originally in the Des Moines office and now in the Minneapolis office. In that role, he has lead major architecting efforts at a number of Sogeti clients.

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