Monday, January 3, 2011

Got any change?

What do you make today?

What will you make tomorrow?

Years ago, IBM made business machines. Then mainframes. Then PCs. Now, they don't make anything that you or I would recognize or could buy under the IBM brand name, yet they're larger and more profitable than ever.

Coca Cola was founded as a patent medicine company, then became the world's leading soft drink brand and now has over 400 brands in its stable.

Disney was the company founded by a mouse, yet now it gets a significant amount of its revenue and profit from ESPN.

Change isn't something you can avoid. It's something you embrace. And if you're really good, change is something you drive.

As Dr. Edwards Deming once said, "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."

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