Lost and Misdirected

It is nice to see and hear what others are doing. This provides a wonderful sound check for realigning ones view on matters. If you have ever traveled on a regular basis you know how disoriented one becomes when outside of your native surroundings. What comes to mind is how some truly wonderful innovations fail to gain traction, and are often discounted because they lack the tenants of fundamental application. Yet in the same breath there are companies who rapidly embrace something, not because of proof but because of who is promoting. To make matters worse that are those who implement things with blind conviction. On more than one occassion I have had the unpleasant experience of having to turn a client around and suggest that they might wish to return from where they came (because things simply weren't that bad and to continue on their present path had the potential of resulting in failure). With the recent events in Minneapolis (bridge collapse - August 1st, 2007) I can't help but wonder if some where, some how, someone, was trying to better something rather than leave matters along. Once we hear what caused the catastrophy we will be coming back to this topic in the blog. In the meantime, make frequent stops, adjust your orientation, and try hard to remember why you are taking the journey that you are on!