“ . . . it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability." - Teilhard de Chardin

Was there ever a time that things were stable and predictable?  The management philosophy I learned in business school seemed to think so - all the course material  focused on a mythical “norm” which never seemed to apply in practice.  

But it seems that these days exceptions and surprises have become the new normal.   I am not suggesting that it's time to dump the annual vision ritual or the 5-year plan - but maybe loosen our grip on it a bit.  We still need to reassess our purpose, direction and our definition of success - but not at the expense of being fully connected with reality as it unfolds.  

"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." - George Santayana