“Ask yourself a very different question: what are the inputs or strategy, not the outputs. What are the necessary elements, skills, that I need that will work in any situation. It’s like prepairing for a trip around the world; you are going to be in business, casual situations, hot climate, cold climate, what cloth do you take? And you have to do with carry on lugage, not with a trunc on a steamer ship or something. How do you pack? You pack cloth that are versitile, that you can dress up, dress down. The organisation has to do the same thing; what skills do I have that are adapteble, that will work in any situation. Because when I can’t predict the future, then adaptability and flexibility is paramount. Focus on those skills, process those skills, be world class at those skills, then worry about where the journey takes you, but be ready for the journey”- Jeffrey Sampler, Fellow, Templeton College-Said Business School, Oxford