The Additional Stimulus Package and the Budget Speech has made it clear that life support for moribund enterprises is not on the agenda. “Preparing for recovery” is! In addition to the inescapable “regulatory soul-searching”, the financial crisis and the global recession also warrant a revolution in the ways we think about and conduct business.
Going down the well-trodden path of pessimism while waiting for the tide to turn is certainly tempting, but ultimately our ability to harness the potential of the new internationalism will depend on how willing we are to move away from established “comfort zones”.