My boss returned from a trip, and as we talked about the work I had been doing, he corrected many things that where not perfect, so I had to DO THEM AGAIN. Not that I was mad at him, or I felt offended, instead, I truly understood how the "real world" works. I finally notice that most working systems are manipulated by "someone" and that "someone" is probably THE BOSS, you work under certain commands. It was interesting how my mentor went from computer to computer checking everyones work, giving advice about their performance and products; NO GRADES, just FEEDBACK. |
As MY BOSS approached to my desk; I was already wondering what he was going to tell me. The first thing he asked me to do was to open the Facebook Page to check the images that I had uploaded. We went over every single album, and he basically selected the pictures that were useless, and non-sense. At first, I felt that I had done everything wrong, but once Jose started explaining why we where erasing images, it all made sense. He mentioned a really important point about the "image" we were transmitting with the pictures displayed.
"We are an architecture platform, therefore we should have images showing the exteriors and the construction of the building. It's not that I don't care about the interiors or the decoration, but we haven't done that, and by displaying certain pictures people are thinking that "METROPOLIS" also decorated the buildings. I'm giving ourselves credit for something we didn't do. Because of this I would be more interested in showing pictures of the outside of the building and the structure of it, such as the lights, style of building, the exteriors, the shape, etc."
What Jose said was extremely important. I have been including pictures of things they haven't done, such as decorations, and I'm am not crediting the producer of it. In Metropolis, apart from their daily productions, as every business, they also have a vision to show HONESTY, to be CREDIBLE. Through this process, I noticed the importance of giving credits to other people, keeping away the idea that you've done everything.
When I was done with all the new updates of the Facebook page, I started trying different techniques for more people to like our page. Because Jorge preferred avoiding the idea of paying to advertise the page, I innovated with different solutions. I tried with two varied techniques:
| LESSON FOR TODAY: CREDIBILITY |
In the world of business, the idea of credibility is extremely important. In order for people to believe in your work, you need to be honest, not only through your work ethic, but through the way you deliver information to others. The word credibility, branches of to the mentality of crediting people that helped you with a project. In fact, crediting others, is one of the major reasons why relationships between different companies work. You can never have the MIND SET that since you publish a project you will take advantage of the entire production, not mentioning other contributors. If there is more than one business, or person involved, you should always give them some kind of acknowledgment for the work they've done. In many cases, crediting |
people also narrows down to how people react towards your company. In other words, the image of being honest or credible is a reflection of your actions, such as giving credits. In the case of Metropolis they are not focusing only in being innovative through their creations, they also keep in mind the value of being honest. I've been working in selecting images for the Facebook page, and that's where I understood how important it was to include only specific images of what you've done, not including any other aspects of a building that you have not worked on. The lesson I learned today, will not only be helpful if I decide to study marketing, but crediting sources, people, or ideas forms part of a daily living, and we need to be very AWARE of what we do when we use someone else's thoughts.