What does the right seat on the bus mean?

First Who, Then What—get the right people on the bus—is a concept developed in the book Good to Great. Those who build great organizations make sure they have the right people on the bus and the right people in the key seats before they figure out where to drive the bus.



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Maximise the view Looking straight ahead at the road is important to help your brain anticipate the movement of the bus and to keep the signals from your eyes and your inner ear synced up. The front seats on the top deck or an aisle seat on the left-hand side of the bottom deck are best for this.

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You've heard the saying before. “You need the right people in the right spots on the bus.” Jim Collins made it famous in Good to Great. But imagine your company really is a bus.

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To find the safest seat on a bus, head for the middle. Choose a row as centrally located as possible and sit on the aisle, choosing the side of the bus farthest from opposing traffic. In America, this means sitting on an aisle seat on the right-hand side of the bus.

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Lo told the Post that the middle area of the lower deck of a bus was relatively safe for passengers in a collision. “The area is closer to the centre of gravity of the vehicle, so passengers will absorb less vibration and impact force when the vehicle collides with something,” Lo explained.

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