“When a paradigm shifts, everyone goes back to zero.”
Joel Barker, Permanent Revolution
We are all somewhat familiar with this concept. Every time a government office becomes occupied by a new political administration, the objectives change, the staff changes, the norms change. Ditto with corporate mergers and new CEOs. New ideas rise up. New people step forward. New possibilities are available.
This can be rather frustrating or scary, especially if you’ve been steadily making progress or being recognized for expertise in the old paradigm. Suddenly you may feel out of step, at best, or totally irrelevant, at worst. Yet hitting the reset button can also be very freeing. You can get off the endless hamster wheel (by choice or by default) and take a new look at what the options are.
The choice is to learn something new, to take a small risk into something unknown, or to be left behind. We may be at one of those moments.
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