I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.

Are we changing as fast as the world around us?

There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize.

people are all there is to an organization

The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive as a surprise.

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can change riders. You can get a committee to study the dead horse. You can benchmark how other companies ride dead horses. You can declare that it's cheaper to feed a dead horse. You can harness several dead horses together. But after you've tried all these things, you're still going to have to dismount.

Competition for the future is competition to create and dominate emerging opportunities-to stake out new competitive space. Creating the future is more challenging than playing catch up, in that you have to create your own roadmap.