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November 24, 2004

TIP #13 - Be Built for Change

In an article in the November issue of Fast Company Was Built to Last Built to Last? there's a quote from Jim Collins, author of best selling book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies:

"Theee e most important part of the book is chapter four!" Collins declares, stretching his words for unmistakable emphasis. "Preserve the core! And! Stimulate progress! To be built to last, you have to be built for change!"

Now here's the thing. That is as true for successful companies as it is for people who are winning at working. Want to be winning at working? Be built for change. That means you need to preserve your core and stimulate your progress.

As Charles Darwin reminds us, "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

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Posted by Nan Russell at November 24, 2004 08:46 AM