When it comes to your current job, your career, even your place in the community, are you disposable? Maybe I should state this a different way: What makes you stand out from the crowd? Not merely the crowd around you right this minute, in your immediate vicinity but the global crowd? No matter what your age, position in life, nationality, or location on this planet, there are realities that you will need to face if--in the next few years--you are planning on maintaining the standard of living you currently enjoy.

There is an excellent "world reality" video available: Shift Happens , created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod - Globalization and The Information Age. It will astound me if this video doesn't change the way you perceive the world in which we live.

Do me a favor & watch it - it only lasts a little over 6 minutes. (Six minutes that I predict will radically change your perspective.) After you click on the link the video will pop up in a new window and on the left side of the screen. Be sure you have your sound on. After you have seen this, get back to me with your comments / observations. Considering the information provided, how can we - as individuals - ensure the continuation of our cultures, our personal security, our families, and our friends - without trampling on the needs of other members of our global community?

A more fearful question might be: When it comes to survival, will those "others" particularly care about those who are not of their cultures or positions in life?

Wait a minute. It looks like maybe we’re having a direct impact on the enforcement industry. Since we started communicating with one another and working to PROACTIVELY maintain software license compliance, both of the independent enforcement groups in the U.S. have begun offering rewards "for information leading to…yadda-yadda.”

Now, in the latest instance of “let’s sue ‘em into submission,” the American softare police have upped their rewards--for the third time in less than 30 months--to a ludicrous $1,000,000! So? Is this the thanks that the software industry is giving American businesses for having some of the lowest piracy figures in the world? Does anyone out there, besides me, think that this enforcement game is getting entirely out of hand?

How can I eliminate the trend of managing by crisis in my organization?

Nearly every company does it. Apparently a large percentage of people define their value to the company by how busy they are or how well they appear to be managing corporate events. A great way to enhance this appearance is to treat virtually every event as if it were a crisis. When we do this our efforts seem to be much more impressive than when we "merely" manage in a proactive manner.

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