With the technological advances of the 21st century, many individuals are seeing the changes in the number of and the type of jobs. Workers are slowly becoming replaced with machines and the only way to win these races are to ‘race with machines.’ This idea is fully flushed through by Erik Brynjolfsson in his TedTalk about the key to growth. However, what are the options for people that don’t want to go this route?

Amway Corporation has received a surplus of backlash due to its past errors. The sales representatives, or what they call, Independent Business Owners, were never put through a proper recruitment process with training. Due to a lack of procedural hiring with a fully detailed job description, anyone could own their own business (like their slogan states). However, currently, they are putting in efforts to change this negative image.

Organizations like the World Wide Dream Builders (WWDB) have set up a mentorship and training program combined with a strict recruitment process to ensure that the best possible candidates represent the business. They are partnered with Amway who supply them all of the products. However, it is up to the organization to find the right people. In a time when students take on huge debts after post-secondary and the retirement age continuously gets pushed later, Amway and WWDB have put together a perfect system for people with the right qualities to become financially independent.

WWDB and Amway has created a quick start-up business with low costs for any entrepreneur. Their business plan has been tested for years with quality proven products and numerous success stories. Amway has significantly increased their reward system this past year, increasing extrinsic incentives. Furthermore, partnered with the WWDB, they do not fail to address the intrinsic motivators of their IBOs

Source: World Wide Dream Builders Function in Portland, Oregon 2013

TedTalks Video by Erik Brynjolfsson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sod-eJBf9Y0