In the mid-80s, when Jack Welch launched GE x10 he said: I would love to have a management team that really understood the cvsx10=bvs equation. Its the value-added role in the management process.
At that time GE was a USD35 billion manufacturer of everything from locomotives to light bulbs. By the time Jack left in 2001 GE market value had maximised to USD484 billion making it the most valuable company in the world.
Today, the most valuable company in the world is Google. In February 2013, WIRED Magazines Steven Levy interviewed Larry Page of Google and wrote:
Larry Page lives by the gospel of 10x. Most companies would be happy to improve a product by 10 percent. Not the CEO and cofounder of Google. The way Page sees it, a 10 percent improvement means that youre basically doing the same thing as everybody else. Thats why Page expects his employees to create products and services that are 10 times better than the competition.
MICHAEL HEWITT-GLEESON designed GE x10 for Jack Welch and is acknowledged as the father of x10 thinking. He is the author of The x10 Memeplex: Multiply Your Business By Ten! (Prentice Hall, 2000). Michael talks about x10 thinking here …
I served many years in the military, after I left, I started to question some of my thinking and understandings. It started with asking myself, if the military can get me to move my left foot at the order, “Quick March”. Then I, can organise my life with “Automatic” action from patterned thoughts. Neuro Linguistic patterning is only developed by repetition, as is, Nuero Muscular patterning. The more you practise, the more ingrained the pattern becomes. It works with good and bad concepts. I have been using the CVS2BVSX10 patterning, since reading the book, I enjoy blocking thoughts that are non productive by using the equation, this changes my focus and allows me to escape. Instruct a wise person and they become wiser still.
It must be me: by what means can one measure that a BVS is ’10x better’? Or even recognise a BVS that’s being run by someone else who is already profficient in its use?
Before beginning a search – surely it helps to have an idea in mind – even if it is initially negative. ‘Not this – more this. I wonder which areas might be fruitful – even if nothing like my present environment.’ A systematic and intentional search which can allow for serendipity but does not count on it.
What else might be needed to make the general statement above into a useful tool?
I should not only search for a BVS but 10 times better BVS than CVS, I should not miss 10 and REPITITION which are the keys to build new patterns. I am trying.
THANK YOU for everything.
I believe I tend to reply on my CVS so making an effort to use BVS will be interesting to start with. I have a positive outlook on life and feel I am open to most changes so this will be good to try to make a habit.
Trying to focus on CVS to BVS over Christmas was really interesting as I was living in a new level of happyness and so many things happened that I was really overwhemed. I forgot to say CVS TO BVS but my subconscience continually reminded me of BVS options and I took them including the power of 10. I’m converted. Just need to finish the lessons. Have a happy and prosperous new year to those who read this, and CVS to BVS to you all.
To find your BVS sometimes sometimes can be hard to do if it is attached to an emotion or even stronger a feeling about your given situation. Sometimes you may find that you have to identify this first and isolate it from the situation in order to progress to BVS. Emotions and feelings can keep us in a cycle that is hard to break and therefore it can prevent us from moving on. You need to learn to let go of the emotions and feelings and then the rest becomes at least approachable.
I have only just got this methodology of training using the DFqs recently. We read then we have our view (cvs) but then we get to read bvs by reading other people’s view. After a while we get used to this. Great technique, thank you Michael. I always appreciate the concept but find it hard to search for other views, here they come for free.
I served many years in the military, after I left, I started to question some of my thinking and understandings. It started with asking myself, if the military can get me to move my left foot at the order, “Quick March”. Then I, can organise my life with “Automatic” action from patterned thoughts. Neuro Linguistic patterning is only developed by repetition, as is, Nuero Muscular patterning. The more you practise, the more ingrained the pattern becomes. It works with good and bad concepts. I have been using the CVS2BVSX10 patterning, since reading the book, I enjoy blocking thoughts that are non productive by using the equation, this changes my focus and allows me to escape. Instruct a wise person and they become wiser still.
It must be me: by what means can one measure that a BVS is ’10x better’? Or even recognise a BVS that’s being run by someone else who is already profficient in its use?
Before beginning a search – surely it helps to have an idea in mind – even if it is initially negative. ‘Not this – more this. I wonder which areas might be fruitful – even if nothing like my present environment.’ A systematic and intentional search which can allow for serendipity but does not count on it.
What else might be needed to make the general statement above into a useful tool?
I should not only search for a BVS but 10 times better BVS than CVS, I should not miss 10 and REPITITION which are the keys to build new patterns. I am trying.
THANK YOU for everything.
A timely reminder of CVS 2BVS – just what I needed!! Thanks
I believe I tend to reply on my CVS so making an effort to use BVS will be interesting to start with. I have a positive outlook on life and feel I am open to most changes so this will be good to try to make a habit.
Trying to focus on CVS to BVS over Christmas was really interesting as I was living in a new level of happyness and so many things happened that I was really overwhemed. I forgot to say CVS TO BVS but my subconscience continually reminded me of BVS options and I took them including the power of 10. I’m converted. Just need to finish the lessons. Have a happy and prosperous new year to those who read this, and CVS to BVS to you all.
To find your BVS sometimes sometimes can be hard to do if it is attached to an emotion or even stronger a feeling about your given situation. Sometimes you may find that you have to identify this first and isolate it from the situation in order to progress to BVS. Emotions and feelings can keep us in a cycle that is hard to break and therefore it can prevent us from moving on. You need to learn to let go of the emotions and feelings and then the rest becomes at least approachable.
Thankyou for this refresher. CVS2BVS is simple & userfriendly.
This powerful thinking can gracefully take you and all your associated to a better place
I have only just got this methodology of training using the DFqs recently. We read then we have our view (cvs) but then we get to read bvs by reading other people’s view. After a while we get used to this. Great technique, thank you Michael. I always appreciate the concept but find it hard to search for other views, here they come for free.