Bridging The Gap

The title is from the Black Eyed Peas' second album.  In retrospect, that album does bridge the gap between their down-to-earth, meaningful debut Behind the Front and their sellout third album Elephunk. 

This morning, I met representatives from the company that seems to be farthest along with my idea.  My suspicions proved correct: they were actually light-years ahead of me.  Their product was a superb combination of psychology, design and concept.   It did everything my concept did, plus a hundred times more.

Unfortunately for them, it's actually too good. 

Remember when I said that all my concepts combined could reinvent the wheel?  These guys have already done it -- only they've gone too far.  There's no way most companies would buy what they are selling, because it would require them to change not only the way they perform all their HR functions...it actually would require them to change the way they think.  And there's nothing harder than trying to change the way a grown person thinks. 

My idea doesn't seek to do that.  I'm not that ambitious, because it's simply not realistic.  I want to bridge the gap between what exists now, and what these guys have created.   Their company represents where HR should be headed.  Now, there needs to be someone with a product that nudges everyone in that general direction.  That's where I come in.

The transformation of human capital management is a revolution, and you can't create a product that signifies the coup de grace before you've won the first battle.  It's time for someone (read: me) to fight that battle.

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