Sustainability is one of the many important mantras of modern thinking and management. Would re-coining this, to evolution, help us towards achieving the goal?
Life is like a kaleidoscope, continuously changing, where change is the only constant, and living through this change and adapting to it, is better defined as the art of living or evolution, rather than sustaining.
"To Sustain", is to support or nourish or withstand, more apt for the present, something small, or somebody small.
Evolution, is an approach of the more refined, where change is anticipated and accepted, and attempt to adapt to this change is continuous, to bring out the best. The degree of outcome might vary, in complexity and variety, and is a function of how long one desires to evolve, how we see "change", the perspective with which we accept "change" and how we wish to adopt or respond to this change. Infact, the degree of adaptation, might just be as simple as changing one's perspective, like in a kaleidoscope. The reverse side of a kaleidoscope is erratic.
A simple SWOT analysis is enough, to begin to and plan to evolve. Interestingly, innovation, globalization, leadership, entrepreneurship etc, are created as attributes, as one evolves and tries to grow. The degree of growth will be a function of intent to evolve. The evolve approach, helps in any walks of life, be it corporate, community or individual, as this is a more positive approach towards change. This attitude will automatically create aptitude to drive one towards success. The old adage "where there is a will there is a way" is apt.
Great Indian companies like the Mahindras, Birlas, L&T and Reliance have evolved through the license Raj, through the great Indian magic of reforms, the IT boom and now moving towards globalization. With every change in rule, as both a noun and a verb, these companies have found new ways and means of living or existing, and then growing. Some growths have left may dumbfounded, the TATA-CORUS, Jaguar, Land Rover, Tetley, Birla- NOVELIS, Mahindra-JECO & Stokes to name a few.
Many Indian new age companies, like Infosys, WIPRO, TCS were and are constantly evolving. The fact that these growths are different from their past, is a conscious decision of new thinking, an evolution of thought process. Having said this, these companies evolved fast.
A few Indian communities, that quickly strike my mind, who have evolved, are AMUL and LIJJAT papad, interestingly, both from Gujarat. I am sure there are many more such communities. If India is where it is today, India too has evolved.
Finally, man too evolved and interestingly, the process of evolution has brought about such changes, both in complexity and variety that it will be difficult to imagine, what would have happened, if evolution did not happen. The easiest answer is I would not have written this and you would not have read this!
Life is like a kaleidoscope, continuously changing, where change is the only constant, and living through this change and adapting to it, is better defined as the art of living or evolution, rather than sustaining.
"To Sustain", is to support or nourish or withstand, more apt for the present, something small, or somebody small.
Evolution, is an approach of the more refined, where change is anticipated and accepted, and attempt to adapt to this change is continuous, to bring out the best. The degree of outcome might vary, in complexity and variety, and is a function of how long one desires to evolve, how we see "change", the perspective with which we accept "change" and how we wish to adopt or respond to this change. Infact, the degree of adaptation, might just be as simple as changing one's perspective, like in a kaleidoscope. The reverse side of a kaleidoscope is erratic.
A simple SWOT analysis is enough, to begin to and plan to evolve. Interestingly, innovation, globalization, leadership, entrepreneurship etc, are created as attributes, as one evolves and tries to grow. The degree of growth will be a function of intent to evolve. The evolve approach, helps in any walks of life, be it corporate, community or individual, as this is a more positive approach towards change. This attitude will automatically create aptitude to drive one towards success. The old adage "where there is a will there is a way" is apt.
Great Indian companies like the Mahindras, Birlas, L&T and Reliance have evolved through the license Raj, through the great Indian magic of reforms, the IT boom and now moving towards globalization. With every change in rule, as both a noun and a verb, these companies have found new ways and means of living or existing, and then growing. Some growths have left may dumbfounded, the TATA-CORUS, Jaguar, Land Rover, Tetley, Birla- NOVELIS, Mahindra-JECO & Stokes to name a few.
Many Indian new age companies, like Infosys, WIPRO, TCS were and are constantly evolving. The fact that these growths are different from their past, is a conscious decision of new thinking, an evolution of thought process. Having said this, these companies evolved fast.
A few Indian communities, that quickly strike my mind, who have evolved, are AMUL and LIJJAT papad, interestingly, both from Gujarat. I am sure there are many more such communities. If India is where it is today, India too has evolved.
Finally, man too evolved and interestingly, the process of evolution has brought about such changes, both in complexity and variety that it will be difficult to imagine, what would have happened, if evolution did not happen. The easiest answer is I would not have written this and you would not have read this!
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