Challenges (2)
I was pouring through data yesterday, to the point of making my head hurt. The challenges we face as a company are only intensified by outsiders that are targeting our ability to do business. Because of these attacks, we need a great defense, and more importantly, we need a powerful offense to counter the one sided bias in the media and the gross exaggerations in the attacks.
As I reviewed the data (a better description may be “stared at the data”), it occurred to me that every punch had an effective counter punch, and every exaggeration of the data had a more powerful and very meaningful explanation that tied right back to our core values and the very purpose of our existence.
When adversaries turn to bias and use exaggeration to emphasize their points, it’s imperative to bring the debate back to values and purpose; and though many of those monitoring the debate will be inflamed by the exaggeration, at some point during the confrontation, values and purpose win out.
I’m looking forward to this day because I won’t be staring at the data anymore. Instead, I’ll be taking all the reviewing and pondering of the previous days and crafting both those defensive and offensive strategies to counter each and every attack that could be made against us. In many ways, it’s no different than a game plan in sports or a battle plan in war. In this case, it’s a business plan that mirrors both!