Influence Simulation Example 1

    12:19AM Jul 20, 2020

    Speakers:

    Robert Kienzle

    Nathan

    Keywords:

    product

    finance

    team

    project

    role

    finalized

    company

    working

    design

    pillars

    great

    robert

    meetings

    technology

    opportunity

    main pillars

    involved

    brand

    fit

    person

    So nice to meet you here. Mr. Assistant brand manager, Nathan. Yeah, Robert, the brand manager and what would you like to meet about today?

    Robert just just wanted to get them at some time with you today just to talk about this new opportunity that's coming come up in in one of the one of the product one of the new one of the products so it's it's been bought So in my relationships offended that they say this a new This is some new technology that's been developed out there and it's really rancid, round, spray, spray, spray, spray product 4444. For for laundry I think it'd be fit fit well into goodwill into our consumer consumer brand consumer brand lines. I think what's exciting about this is it's brand new, it's brand new technology hasn't been used before and it the revenue opportunities is very, very high. It's up to 10 million $10 million per year. You know, and it fits well within my within my previous experience when I was at uni labor and some of the work that I've been doing in terms of product development here. In the last in last few months since I've left since I've left business business school, I think, you know, a couple of things that we need to really consider it here is that one. This is a new This is a new new technology. There's quite a few other competitors competitors looking at that. So we want to be quick on this and move moved to market. That's probably the that's probably the prime primary one. That's a pretty broad overview. So I'd like to hand it over to hand back to you and get your initial initial thoughts on it.

    Well, yeah, the product sounds great. I've been hearing a lot about it and reading some of our company reports about it. And I know that you've, you've been really involved in that. You know, moving forward with this adventure. I would love to have you on on our team to be part of making this a reality for our company.

    And Robert. How would you see me fitting into that into that into that chain?

    Well, you've you've been so involved with finance in the past, I think having you in charge of overseeing finances, and you know, being an equal member on the team that I'm putting together would be a great opportunity.

    And would you be would you be involved? Would you be involved in this, this team? Or would you be working on other projects and you'd be just letting this bonus team pull the project together?

    Oh, well, I'm putting together the team to lead the team. And so it would, you know, we'd all have our different parts, we'd all be collaborating together but ultimately, I would be the the driver or the lead of the team.

    Got it. Got it. Okay. And who do you think would lay the other What do you think they are the main pillars are within Within the within the project, and who do you think would be running running those? Those those pillars?

    Excellent question I, I don't want to reveal too much, because I haven't notified some of the people. I'm talking with the board of directors about who we will actually have in some of these roles. But we do have the different roles, we will have our market analysis, finance, which is where I think you fit in excellently product design advertising, we might have, you know, one or two people, you know, come in to do a couple of extra side things with with the project, but I don't want to release any names yet because we're still finalizing that. No, I can't tell you in terms of finance that you are at the top of that list.

    Great and it's great. It's great to hear because I think I've got no, I've got the right credentials, given sort of given what I've been doing for the company for the last few two Have Been here and you know, historically at you know, union labor, I think I've got the right, the rights, the right skills and certainly, certainly what we did I did during my MBA. So it's it's quite quite quite nicely in there. You know, I think I'll be very, very experienced at running this. And so just know that you're, you're pretty busy running a couple of other couple other big, big projects and you know, this is going to be a big project scope and we need to we need to execute it fairly fairly quickly. Is there any Is there any room here is there any room here for you, or on more than happy to more than happy to help out with some of the risks on the management on some of these other these other products on some of the other pillars in this in this project given given how busy you are giving you five With with dealing with the board and the other the other product lines. And so it gives certainly given my experience in finance, I really think the finance based piece will be I wouldn't say easy but I'd be within my comfort being my comfort zone there. And I think there's some quite good opportunities there for me to help late on these other on these other product lines over the other pillars of the project.

    Oh, well thank you for the offer. The way that I'm approaching this team is that with with each person in charge of a certain role, we would have a lot of collaboration and we would have a lot of input. So for example, if you're in charge of the finance role, even if product design isn't your forte, you would still have in our in our meetings, your you know your insight or you just your own opinions on product design, for for that product design lead to you You know, to take into consideration especially if it does affect the, the finance side of things.

    Sure, sure. So, just on the product design I think you know, that's that's an area that's an area that I'm really like to understand understand a lot more if you think there's an opportunity there for me to shadow whoever whoever gets whoever gets that whoever gets that role as an opportunity there for me to shadow that person and work very a lot more closely with them only on the finance side because I can certainly definitely teach teach them about the finance but certainly under be great to understand the product design side a lot better. And, you know, if you understand the product design, you sort of understand the cost you can sort of help you help me and or the organization understand the finance the funding side of it a lot better.

    Yeah, you know, I'm happy to explore that. I think Once we get the team finalized and into place, you know, we have our first meeting or two, not only will you be privy to all of the product design information as as will the rest of the team, because we'll be openly sharing what we're working on to make sure that we're aligned. But But as long as the person heading product design, you know, really has the time to maybe fill you in more, I'm sure they would be happy to give you some more insight, maybe even work with you directly on what they're doing outside of our team meetings.

    Okay, but look, you know, as, as you said, like, you're still pulling, you're still pulling the team together. And there's a there's a ways to get here, right is to go yet

    on to the organization,

    organizational structure so maybe look, rather than to get too much into the detail can we once once the team sort of Is, is finalized, maybe we can catch up again and sort of look at how I can, how I can, how I can better facilitate better or help facilitate the the project is as it goes towards the board presentation.

    Yeah, no, I mean, that sounds great. We'd love your input your involvement, you know, you're showing great initiative and my goal is that for you know, for you, but for the other role players we have in this team, that we are being exposed to what each other are doing, and hopefully, you know, in the next year or two, you and some of these other role takers will be you know, nothing you'll have a much further understanding of these other roles, putting you into into a position to be involved in more aspects especially, you know, once this project successful, those team players are going to be ideally at the, you know, the forefront of the company being tested. For those future leadership positions as well, so I think it's a win win here for all of us.

    Yeah. That's,

    that's, that's great. It's great to hear. It's great that you've got a lot of a lot of a lot of face to face in me. But I think sort of in the short term, like, let's, I'd like to really focus on getting this product, getting this product across, across across the line. And the important focus for me has been is the product and the company and working working well with my, with my colleagues and you.

    Excellent. I'm looking forward to it. It's gonna be I think it's gonna be great. Okay.

    Thanks. You're welcome.

    Excellent. Nice to meet you virtually Nathan.