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COME OUT IN THE SUN4/20/2020 The spring has sprung.
There is no spring, we can now in summer weather! The snow is melting and a two-digit positive climate is here. It is time to celebrate. Grab your bike and go around the yard or neighborhood. Keep your distance but you can enjoy and have fun. Smell the air. Rejoice in the rain. It brings May flowers. Grab some sun. The sun is good to liven up your spirit. It is good to celebrate spring. Celebrate the new season.
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WHEN THIS IS OVER4/15/2020 A few weeks now with the lockdown and social distancing, your organization should be gearing up to 'when this is over' scenario.
The Canadian government has expressed that these measures wont be lifted until a vaccine is available for treatments. It could take a few more weeks, which to me is a good precautionary step and a good way also to express that it would soon be over than later. Now is the time to look at your mitigation measures and adapt to the recovery and stabilization phase once measures are lifted. Businesses can start operating again, events/conferences can be held, travel bans are lifted, and slowly things will get back to the new normal. When this thing is over, here are some of the questions you may think about: 1) In these few weeks, what did you find about your organization in terms of coping up, being resilient, and taking leadership? What surprised you the most? 2) What opportunities are you maximizing and sustaining in the new order to become a better organization? 3) What practices, systems, and mentalities need to be discarded in order to give way to the new configuration? 4) What capacities are needed/strengthened to continue your market edge and leadership? It is reported that there are million job losses in Canada for the past few weeks due to the economic shutdown. There will be more catastrophic impacts to be documented in the next few months down the road. This is not the time to have a 'wait and see' attitude. You need to 'build back better' by starting now and assuming a clear and well-defined strategic position towards recovery.
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NO MORE MISSED OPPORTUNITY4/13/2020 If you think that waiting is a good strategy moving forward, it's not.
There are tremendous missed opportunities by simply staying on status quo in this time when there is high volatility and less certainty. There are opportunities that can be mined and exploited to the fullest. -Opportunities to strengthen your customer relations; remote transactions and relationship -Opportunities to make a difference , i.e. Subway's food bank, Google's help in combating disinformation -Opportunities to lead in the market, United Way's approach to community funding -Opportunities to learn about the new dynamics of the market and look out for new behaviors and trends on emerging issues; Chamber of Commerce Survey -Opportunities to encourage and promote productivity and health; i.e. organizations promoting mental health and positivity; -Opportunities to ramp up your online marketing and branding; -Opportunities to think about things that you needed to do, when this pandemic is over, i.e. long-term, non-linear visioning There are many positive opportunities that you are not simply thinking about being mired in a day-t0-day survival and coping mode. It's time to start to be opportunity-focused with the new normal. It's here. It's now. It's changing every day. |