As the great French diplomat Talleyrand once said when it
is urgent it is already too late.
As the pace of change increases decision makers wade through
files marked for immediate action classified increasingly by the
degree of urgency involved. Consequently, only when a problem
becomes urgent does it come up. As a result, most decision makers
have little room to man oeuvre.
Executives and policy-makers often justify their decisions by
saying that they had no choice but to act. The truth, however,
is different: they no longer had a choice because they allowed
the situation to get out of hand.
Necessity is nothing more than a lack of foresight. The way
to avoid this bind is to become aware of situations as they
are taking shape and may still be molded, rather than after
they have already become a limitation. In plain terms, without
anticipation there can be no freedom in making a decision
those responsible for making decisions are up against
the wall busy putting out fires so they have little liberty
whatsoever.
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