Shape Up Or Ship Out!
A crisis is an opportunity to seize for a better future.
This pandemic has challenged people to become survivors of unforeseen circumstances. We have never seen change like this before, a drastic change at that. Everything changes — business working conditions, demand and supply situations, human nature, products, and services.
Technology continues to evolve and become more integrated into daily life making it necessary to keep up with its pace. People leave for better prospects or be asked to leave if they were not able to cope.
The tag line “ Shape Up or Ship Out!” was getting louder. Adaptability is the byword that has never gone out of fashion. It has always been the case.
Don’t become like the dinosaurs! For reasons unknown, they failed to adapt to the changes of planet earth and the gigantic creatures perished. The dinosaurs among many industries also went under for failing to change and modify themselves. The following are a few examples;
One notable example was the take-over of small cars with high mileage over the giant automobiles in the mid-70s when there was an oil embargo. The shift to small foreign cars specifically Japanese-made cars dealt a heavy blow to the Detroit car manufacturers of that time.
