Leadership and Business Wisdom- Face Reality - Exploit the new realities.

• Author: Kazmi, S. Kamal Hayder

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

Today's new realities fit neither the assumption of the Left not those of the Right. They don't mesh at all with "what everybody know." They differ even more from what everybody, regardless of political persuasion, still believes reality to be. "What is" differs totally from what both the Right and the Left believe "ought to be." The greatest and most dangerous turbulence today results from the collision between the delusions of the decision makers - whether in governments, in the top managements of businesses, or in union leadership - and the realities.

But a time of turbulence is also one of great opportunity for those who can understand, accept, and exploit the new realities. One constant theme is, therefore, the need for the decision maker in the individual enterprise to face up to reality and...