Blogpost 7: Teams

In all of our Pokemon games, we have different sinister teams. In those different generations, they have given us the sense of evil, the sense of protecting the ones we love. There was Team Rocket, who's sole mission was to capture Mewtwo. Team Aqua and Team Magma was there to expand the land and seas, and Team Galactic was there to capture Dialga and Palkia to control time and space. Team Flare was there to be fashionable, but still, they had missions.

If you're going evil then be at least fashionable about it.

In the Six Habits of Successful Companies, an article written by Bruce Upbin, it is stated that different measures must be taken by company CEO's to be successful.

Companies that are successful have always known what they do and what they stand for. All big companies know what they do. They have a mission. If the employees know the company's mission, they would align their job objectives with the company's and then they would know what to do. They would be more productive and more able because they would know how to connect things and use the information they know to be a better employer.

Don't forget to put in a dash of fun.

The employees, to stay loyal and willing to work, must also be happy with their work. They should be passionate with their work, or they should be rewarded when they do their work. "If you treat employees as if they make a big difference, they will make a difference." The article quoted Mr Jim Goodnight, CEO and founder of SAS Institutes. They take care of their people. They put up benefits for their people: on-site preschool and daycare; paternity leave, summer camp, car detailing, nail salons, racquet stringing, dry cleaning and a swimming pool. They offer lessons in billiards, golf, Frisbee, dodgeball, and tennis. What the article is saying is that you should consider your employees as needing rest and relaxation. Studies say that people who get proper rest and do recreational activities for relaxation produce better results. This also promotes social activity between employees, giving them enough information about one another and then soon incorporate that into work.

Companies that are successful are quick to react and they adapt. The article stated several companies that were more than a century old and told about how they still are included in the top 220. It showed how the different companies started off as small, and changed and adjusted their marketing strategies for better and more excellent results.

Companies also look forward in the future, so they tend to work the long term. Companies don't think about changing their strategies to satisfy what the world turns into, but they think of ideas and set strategies that can be successful almost irrespective on how the world turns into. They invest on high-risk high-reward projects that won't probably pay them now but will explode their market in the years to come.

Aim for long term goals.

Companies have family plans. They don't neglect their families even while doing their jobs. They have learned to handle domestic squabbles. Different employees, especially of high ranks, tend to forget living for their families and engulf themselves in work. Also, high ranking employees in family-ran businesses tend to be more suspicious to other family members due to envy. Companies are responsible of their own business, and still allot time for their real life.

Finally, companies are not islands. They do not isolate themselves from others. They are always open. Companies recruit outsiders and put them in executive positions. It allows them them to focus on other aspects in their market.

The article was full of statistics, but it had helped me understand how companies worked their resources. It showed me how they use their full capacity on bringing their company into a good state.

Pokemon organizations that were up for crime presented these qualifications. An article made by the user Deck Knight in Smogon presents the Anthology of Evil.

Team Rocket presented these six qualities as presented in the article. Their sole mission was to "steal and get money". They knew what they were doing. They have successfully invaded Silph Corporations, one of the biggest, if not the most, company in Kanto. They have a leader - Giovanni. They had presence and they were well known in two regions. They were quick to adapt, going to different readily made plans if the other one fails.

Damn these hot guys.

Team Aqua and Team Magma were the same. Their mission was to increase land mass and water. They wished to awaken the beasts that hold the keys for their mission to succeed, and they did. They were a powerful organization.

Team Galactic was the most evil out of them, according to the article. Team Plasma presented the most leadership skills as they could manipulate Pokemon in their own commands. The organization was well supported and well organized.

But alas, organized crime never goes away, it just goes underground. Even if they suffer setbacks like a ydra, once cut off its head they grow two. The rules of Pokemon's reality are such that no group can ever be eliminated. With the proper leadership and evil inside of them, you can pretend you'll stop them. But you won't.