Dream: Smell the Flowers…

What is your next dream? How might you envision it even more effectively?

As a young kid one of the books Mom & Dad would read to us started off like this:

“Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand. He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers.”—By Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson - Copyright 1936 - Viking Press

In your own life journey in search of “New”, new change, new environments, new people, new places and where your next destination will be, you shall continuously Innovate, Adapt, Test and become even more Resilient.

You see, your dream is out there. You can see it and you are able to feel it.

The reality is that you are impatient. You will not have time to test long enough.

This is when the surprises become a reality. You are caught off guard, you experience an error, you experience a loss.

What is your back up “Just-in-Time” plan?

How shall you implement the plan of actions with scarce resources?

Do you have a path to eliminate the delay or to restore the loss quickly? How will you achieve true resiliency?

Our true professionals in Operational Risk Management (ORM) dream just like everyone else.

Yet, they dream and envision the “What ifs” and the possible ways to respond. They anticipate the ways to bounce back, restore balance and move forward:

• Accept risk when benefits outweigh the cost.
• Accept no unnecessary risk.
• Anticipate and manage risk by planning.
• Make risk decisions in the right time at the right level.

Now, envision your dream with some interruptions. Then see yourself quickly recovering to achieve your planned “Mission Objective”.

What have you learned this year, this month or this week?

In 2024 and beyond, our International Globe and its people will continue to challenge all of us.

Our countries and their businesses are accelerating towards the future with exponentially more data and with so much less understanding. We may also have less empathy.

You and your team can change this as you strive together to understand more about the “Why” and the “How”.

Will you grow with your new trusted partners to be even more empathetic?

Always be Ready…and try to take time to ”Smell the Flowers”.

Godspeed!