Senior Partner Blog

World famous company Kodak with a proud 100+ year history, just filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the US bankruptcy laws. The Swedish social democrats with a proud 100+ years of history, are imploding from within. Finland is about to have a conservative president for the first time in half a century. China has become a global economic power in less than three decades. Russian people begin to question icon leader Vladimir Putin. Poland is a top performer in a turbulent Economic environment. Long standing Arabic dictators fall. The list could be made long. Dramatic changes of the seemingly stable. Still we are surprised that we are surprised. How could this happen? It seemed like a rule of nature! As humans, we are inclined to look for predictability and think that it can actually be achieved. And when this does not happen we are all shook up, disappointed or euphoric. Then we move on and continue to make more predictions for the future. This may be an interesting roller coaster for some. As an alternative, we could view changes as the main road, and stability as a side track. Expect the unexpected if you will. Perhaps such an approach will make us better equipped to deal with change and surprise which no doubt will continue to happen.