If something is inevitable,embrace it!

If something is inevitable,embrace it

If you know something is inevitable ,embrace it.Especially for business leaders.we live in a fast changing world.
In the 80s ,managers in Africa could sit pretty and watch changes pass by ,ignoring them,foolishly believing that governments would protect them from fierce competition and cushion them against losses.Businesses in Africa in the 80s were run like parishes ,with the manager the High Priest who resisted all change and innovation , excommunicated change agents, ignored trends and instead clung to a "sit ,wait and see" Business management model.

For two decades we watched the world fly as we crawled.First came the push for flatter management that we conveniently ignored,then the opportunities of globalization and then the need to embrace high technology ,research and development.

Unmoved by the global changes in business management of the late 80s precipitated by the success of Japanese style management ,they dragged entire state corporations down and happily contributed to the slow demise of our economic potential.

What we must do in the 21st century is have open minds.Openness and flexibility.Ability to adopt global trends and practices .

African firms should be the first to go Green since we suffer the most from global warming.African firms should invest more money in research and technology since ,at this time ,we are the least innovative .African shareholders should learn to sacrifice company dividends for the sake of reinvestment.

African firms

should invest more in alternative energy since we have the most unreliable energy sources.
Whatever the world does,We must do it two times better!

This could make our businesses sustainable,at least in the near future!!!