https://www.alojapan.com/1256865/fresh-potato-talks-with-japan-pt-2/ Fresh Potato Talks with Japan Pt 2 #20 #access #administration #barriers #Benefits #ceo #council #financial #fresh #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #market #national #negotiations #news #npc #potato #protectionism #Quarles #Talks #tariffs #trade #trump #trying #year's Fresh Potato Talks with Japan Pt 2 From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. Talks with Japanese officials could mean better trade agreements, better use of tari…
#Barriers
"In a downturn, most companies don’t fail because they lack opportunity - they fail because they can’t get out of their own way." - Futurist Jim Carroll
Leaders build. Managers cut. That much is known. What is also known is that if you want to grow during a downturn, now is the time to move, not wait.
But let’s be honest. You can’t build what’s next if you’re still stuck in what’s holding you back.
That’s what this post is about.
Before you get into a growth mindset in a downturn - which seems like a contradiction - you have to face the barriers that will hold you back. And here's what I know from the advising leadership team during every major downturn since 2001: recessions don’t just expose economic volatility. They expose internal vulnerability.
What are those vulnerabilities? Business models that no longer fit. Teams that are afraid to act. Cultures allergic to risk. Short-term thinking that kills long-term opportunity. Things like that. Over time, I've seen a clear pattern emerge in the way organizations respond to volatility - there are two kinds of companies:
- those who got stuck in their economic rut, too paralyzed to move
- and those who became fast, focused, and fearless innovation leaders
Both types were in the same economy - but only one type made it to the other side stronger.
So what separates them? It’s not industry. Not funding. Not even market conditions. It’s this: the ability to confront what’s really holding them back. Because the reality is big disruption happens during big uncertainty, but most companies miss it, because they’re too focused on defending the past instead of designing the future.
So ask yourself:
What’s holding you back right now?
What decisions are you avoiding?
What assumptions or habits are you still clinging to?
Because before you can talk about growth strategy…before you can reimagine business models…before you can disrupt...you need to confront what’s holding you back.
This isn’t about what’s happening around you.
It’s about what’s happening inside your organization.
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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that this current moment in time is as much an innovation story as it is a recession story. Act accordingly.
**#Barriers** **#Growth** **#Leadership** **#Mindset** **#Risk** **#Innovation** **#Velocity** **#Opportunity** **#Adaptation** **#Momentum**
Highways as artificial barriers…
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/40774
#Barriers #BikingPath #CommunityCenter #Highway #Oerlikon #School #Schwamendingen #Urbanism #Zürich
If there's someone around you who is #suffering especially from #isolation and doesn't get to be with other #people in #community much, take the #initiative to #ReachOut and #invite them to engage in a #social #activity with you. Try to #identify and #eliminate the #barriers keeping them isolated, if they want to be more engaged. Part of having a strong community is having #robust, #systemic ways to #adapt in order to fold people in.
Daryeel's 4th Annual "Shine the Light" Autism Event: Inspiring Change and Breaking Down Barriers #EastAfrica #Sports #WestAfrica #4th #annual #Autism #Barriers #Breaking #change #Daryeels #event #Inspiring #light #Shine
https://tinyurl.com/263vwqwt
https://www.alojapan.com/1246980/japan-reviews-nontariff-barriers-on-autos-farm-goods-ahead-of-u-s-talks/ Japan reviews nontariff barriers on autos, farm goods ahead of U.S. talks #Ahead #autos #barriers #farm #goods #Japan #JapanNews #news #nontariff #reviews #Talks #us TOKYO — Japan has started reviewing nontariff trade barriers opposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, including regulations on automobile and agricultural imports, as Tokyo hopes to improve its hand heading into tariff negotiations with Washington. “I would like to conduct the mos…
How many ways can we create #barriers to #women? How do we make them #secondclass #citizens? How do we #restrict #individual #rights? #Shame on #GOP!
#USPolitics #government #CriminalAdministration #traitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #opposeGOP #saveUSA #SaveTheRepublic #Congress
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-passes-bill-could-harder-152721135.html
In this episode of Seeing the Barriers We Carry, Sarah gets real about the hidden walls we all carry—especially after trauma or toxic relationships.
"Fascist leaders claimed to embody the general will of the nation and its 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘬, but insisted only unchecked power would allow them to realize the national will without nebbish #barriers like individual #rights and endless democratic #debates getting in the way." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-origins-of-right-wing-populism/
Ghana and Morocco Plan to Eliminate Visa Barriers #NorthAfrica #WestAfrica #Barriers #eliminate #Ghana #Morocco #plan #visa
https://tinyurl.com/28xydcdg
...Just as politicians are now addressing long-standing interprovincial #trade #barriers, #health #sciences leaders here say this is the moment for Canadians to tackle some perennial barriers to #domestic #procurement and perhaps attract #top research #talent from the #US.
“Some of the greatest opportunities are created in a crisis” // #BrettBelchetz
@globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-are-us-tariffs-a-threat-to-canadian-health-sciences-innovators-or-a/
Just saying forbidden #dei-words: #activism #activists #advocacy #advocate #advocates #barrier #barriers #biase #biasedtoward #biases #biasestowards #bipoc #blackandlatinx #community #diversity
#accessible
#activism
#activists
#advocacy
#advocate
#advocates
#affirming_care
#all_inclusive
#allyship
#anti_racism
#antiracist
#assigned_at_birth
#assigned_female_at_birth
#assigned_male_at_birth
#at_risk
#barrier
#barriers
#belong
#bias
#biased
#biased_toward
#biases
#biases_towards
#biologically_female
#biologically_male
#BIPOC
#Black
#breastfeed_people
#breastfeed_person
#chestfeed_people
#chestfeed_person
#clean_energy
#climate_crisis
#climate_science
#commercial_sex_worker
#community_diversity
#community_equity
#confirmation_bias
#cultural_competence
#cultural_differences
#cultural_heritage
#cultural_sensitivity
#culturally_appropriate
#culturally_responsive
#DEI
#DEIA
#DEIAB
#DEIJ
#disabilities
#disability
I'm convinced that laziness as a concept isn't valid. When someone doesn't do something, there is going to be a reason. Laziness as a concept prevents a deeper understanding of the causes for someone's inaction.
This becomes more obvious when you're mentally ill.
You aren't lazy, and it is more helpful to ask why something isn't being done than to shame yourself or others. Laziness is not a reason.
Everyone feeling indignant when people park and unfairly occupy a dedicated #disable #parking place.
Then, not everyone cares when organisations build #inaccessible website/apps that people with special needs or #disabilities cannot use (eg, applying for a job online, checking bank movements, reading news, etc...).
Let's not build #digital #barriers 💪
Let's be more #empathetic ❤️
Accessibility friends, how do you think about the following?
If a barrier affects everyone…
(Some context right after this toot; this poll supersedes the one shared the other week, and I’m curious whether I’ve reworked it well enough.)
[❌ Edit: This needs more clarity—will rework and share a new poll. Thanks to who has voted, shared, and responded!]
Accessibility friends, how do you assess the following when it comes to work in our field (independent of regulation, which I’d like to check on afterwards)?
If a barrier affects everyone…
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
New #Orleans' #flimsy #street #barriers
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