Justin Whitaker

Get lean and start thinking like a start-up.

It’s hard for people who have traditionally had a job to think like an entrepreneur, but it’s more critical than ever.

I often tell people that an entrepreneur is someone who is trying to create the future that doesn’t yet exist, while a businessperson is someone who is trying to mitigate risk and minimize mistakes. If you take that analogy and apply it to how you’re guiding your professional development, where do you net out?

The most valuable players on any corporate team are not the ones who are mitigating risks, but the new breed is all about those who are adaptive, nimble, flexible and creative (in everything that they do).

It’s not going to be part of the standard job description either, it will be the baseline for those who thrive versus those that may just survive… maybe.