Team leadership in transition - old school meets new

Gordon Baird
7 min readNov 22, 2020

Saying Goodbye to Wilson

Old line industries transition slowly. The more entrenched the slower the evolution. Stakeholders often resist change - don’t rock the boat, don’t fix what isn’t broken, “ best” is the enemy of the “good”, protect the leadership, defend the “cash cow”, it’s worked for us for years, no need to change, regulatory requirements - these are some of the justifications we often hear. The problem is that the world is changing — it’s changing at a pace never seen before - driven by technology, demographics, highly motivated…

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Gordon Baird
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