Jack Welch quotes were the rage among hard-charging business leaders of the 1990’s This is one of my favorites: “The difference between winning and losing is how the men and women of our company view change as it comes at them.”
In 1997, Welch was referring to preparing for and responding to the anticipated radical changes on the horizon. Digital transformation had begun, but no one called it that. It was mainly about faster desktops and this new thing called the internet.
The aspiration of every future-focused leader could be summarized with the words my wife shared upon our marriage: “Randy, I’ll never ask you to change. I do expect that you will continually adapt.”
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Source: IT Strategy