Musings at Altitude

“If change is happening on the outside faster than on the inside the end is in sight” – Jack Welch

I come back to my hotel room at night while on the road and I reluctantly check the stock market.  I stand amazed at the swings the market is making today, and I’ve come to believe that the value of my savings goes down equivalent to the market but comes back up at a much slower pace than the market.  Does that happen to you too?  Just curious…doesn’t seem quite right!

As I watch the news, as I talk to people, as I listen in on others as they talk, and as I read the blogs that motivate me the most, I’ve come to the conclusion that this wild ride we are now on shows no prospect of stabilizing anytime soon.  Jack Welch said it well in the quote above.  Everything is erratically changing right now, and companies need to be changing too.  In fact, companies need to be changing faster than the world around them; if not, they are already in steep decline. 

I think my granddaughter has it right in this picture from her stroller – buckle up but don’t get comfortable…being too comfortable can lead to complacency and complacency to business collapse!