DailyGood

For the last 27 years, DailyGood newsletters have offered a daily email that inspires you to respond to life with creativity and kindness. To join a community of 152,063 subscribers, subscribe here.

Oct 11, 2010

"The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine." --Bill Vaughn

6 Ways Ants are Good For Business

When one finds food, others immediately gather to help bring it to storage. When one gets wounded, the rest evacuate, re-group, and pull the injured to safety. There's no formal supervision, yet ants somehow accomplish enormous tasks. That's right, ants. Sitting at a highway rest-stop one afternoon, nonprofit founder Ndubuisi Ekekwe discovered that the way ants work together has profound implications on successful team structures and project management. Inspired by these insights, Ekekwe re-evaluated his leadership model, and eventually re-launched a project he had originally given up on. He identifies 6 elements that ants can teach us about leadership and good business: teamwork, trust, openness, diverse skill sets, diligence, and the flexibility to regroup.