Mission vs. Method

Where We’re Going vs. How We’ll Get There

I was probably a teenager the first time someone told me that the railroad companies’ biggest failure was that they thought they were in the railroad business. If they had realized they were in the transportation business they would have been the first to build airplanes and would own the world of transportation today. (Government protection against monopolies aside…)

The Power of Disruption

Mission disruption

I’ve had numerous conversations lately with leaders trying to figure out their strategy for moving their organization through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.  They roughly fall into two camps:  Those trying to protect and rebuild what was, and those who are excited about the new freedom they have to innovate outside the old box. Continue reading Mission vs. Method