The bees approach on innovation The bees approach on innovation There are some interesting behavior of a beehive and some of them are out of our ordinary schemes. Bees need to be “on the market,” they must discover new fields of flower or it will be a problem shortly. Same happen when we’re doing business within our corporates: we must set up a policy to seek new market. But, current commitments are hiding us from seeking future options and making us totally blind and focused only on the day by day. Failing on doing something or a distracting from the daily routine to “see” and “try” what is new outside can bring fresh air and vision. Too much concentration on a daily task will drive us on focusing on a single task and, worst, to consider it as the main task. The whole will become the instance and it will make you lose the vision that embrace the instance. Bees in their whole can be considered an individuality. Considering a corporate or a bunch of people as an individuality can be of extreme benefit. Bees are working within a specific cycle with separated roles and tasks. They are surviving harvesting pollens, storing honey, building hives, reproduce and give the life to new beehives through swarming. Worker bees fly out to take the pollens and bring it to the hive. But, not everyone is doing this! Only the 70% of the worker bees exit to work! The 30% is out for a journey, they fly and enjoy and they come back without the pollens. They are “deviant bees” and they don’t do what they are supposed to do. But, they come back with new knowledge, they know where new flowers are flourishing and they share their new knowledge with their sisters. This attitude makes them unique. Their way of living, let them to survive and to bypass the critical moment of finding new flowers. The same happens during our life regardless it is a corporate or a personal work. Some define it research and development, others distraction, or other again curiosity. There are bees that sometime are bringing pollens and sometime are taking a journey. This is the way we can learn from the nature and try to become resilient in our life. If it is possible, I encourage you to observe the nature and especially bees. This will be of extreme benefit in critical moments. Go out, watch a beehive and try to see everything as a whole.