Tag lines: What do they mean?

Stay:

1. Stay under the radar
2. Stay out of politics
3. Stay out of ordinary (or common)
4. Stay out of submission
5. Stay away from bragging your plans
6. Stay on the shoulders of giants
7. Stay away from gossips
8. Stay away from playing the superiority cards. Don’t belittle anyone.

Design (Or Implement):

1. Design a prototype/alpha-beta version
2. Design your prototype to be visually stunning
3. Design for easy usability

Woo:

1. Wooing is making everyone above you believe it is their idea
2. Wooing is taking extra efforts in your demo and design to give an out of the world experience
3. Wooing is not done by mouth, but by actions. So shut your mouth and get to work
4. Wooing happens when you show great loyalty to them and their visions
5. Wooing happens when you step up to implement an idea that seems crazy or even impossible
6. Wooing is delivering on your promise and maintaining credibility
7. Wooing is when you answer “nobody’s fault” for the question – W(h)oo(se) fault?
8. Wooing by making your boss always looks good to his/her bosses

Deploy:

1. Deploy your ideas in the form of prototypes
2. Deploy your prototypes/product in the form of traction
3. Deploy your leadership skills in the form of support
4. Deploy your ideas using credibility

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If you were the CEO…

Say, you are the CEO or VP of your organization and you have a seriously cool idea to implement. What do you do? Maybe the following…

1) Gather some people who can implement this idea (Maybe directors, other VPs, Staff Managers, etc) and talk to them.

2) Hire people/interns who can explore the idea.

3) Push people to get these things done. If the idea ends up what you visualized, convince your bosses (board of directors) of a possible product based on this.

If I say that as an employee, you can still do the same, you might be giving me _are_you_insane?_ look. So, instead of seeing what CEOs/VPs do, let us rewrite the above tasks:

1) They get support of masses

2) They build momentum and prototype

3) They give it away and encourage (force) people to use it and later show the traction to their bosses.

Implementing an idea is principally same everywhere at any level in an organization. The biggest difference is the way of persuasion. A CEO or VP can use authority to persuade people to accept his/her idea. A “junior” employee does not have the same luxury. Hence, he has to woo people to get his support. Wooing can be by means of effective communication or playing politics or gathering friends and admirers, etc. However, the first step is to create something of substance (prototyping the idea). Then, giving it away for people to use it. I cannot emphasize the importance of giving your inventions or ideas for the global (in this case, corporate) good. It does not mean that you give away your raw idea. To be honest, an idea is not worth anything unless it is in a digestible form. Digestible form is a prototype, or even beyond that! If you are visualizing a new software that can revolutionize your field, work silently towards creating a beta version. When it is ready, invite your peers to use it. These people are going to be your evangelists.