Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Fiddling while Rome burns?


How often do we ignore the obvious warnings only to subsequently ask ourselves “why did that go wrong?”

A large number of companies fail to address problem issues early enough to avoid an oncoming crisis.

The signs of a troubled business are all too apparent – these include lack of controls, lack of strategic vision, a demotivated workforce and obsolete or valueless stocks etc

Instead of meeting these problems head on, often the preferred option is to engage in a totally pointless exercise such as a rebranding campaign or the launch of another product range destined to fail for the above reasons.

The operating style of many doomed companies is truly akin to Nero’s pastime of fiddling while Rome burns.

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