What is Jim Collins Saying?

  • " We’re heading into a world characterized by big events, big forces, and massive storms. We’re going to be vulnerable little specks high on the mountain when the storm hits out of nowhere. Mountain Climbers2.jpgAnd if we’re not prepared, we’re going to die up there. Or we’re going to be in real serious trouble.  We need to understand what separates those who do well from those who don’t do well when the world spins completely out of our control. We just finished six years of what we call our turbulence research".
  • "We are now, I think, having to adjust to dealing with a world that is going to be ferocious. We don’t have any practice with that.  What I’ve learned from the turbulence research has already started to affect my life. I’ve become a total paranoid, neurotic freak. It has shown me the importance of building in big shock absorbers".

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ULI Presentation File (June 24th 2010)

The presentation file from my recent speaker session at ULI San Diego.  Click here to download the handout.