This was an old drafted post I had from 2010, inspired by a little placement of Jack Welch on CNBC. It was back when I had cable and actually watched TV, but it literally ocurred once or even twice every commercial break of every show. Perhaps that is why it stuck with me the way that it did.

Those people who know me, or even do business with me, know that I operate close to the perimeters of what he outlined below, and I take pride in doing that. Just because something HAS worked in the past, or WAS the way things were done, by no means suggests that it should continue that way. Things have changed. You don’t even need me to insert some of the many many examples of this. Those that cannot change with the times, are simply left behind. We’re amongst the greatest technological shift that has dramatically altered the methods of commerce worldwide, and will only continue more so in that direction. The same concepts are relevant in life as well. You can go sit in your boardroom and sort through your policies and procedures if you’d like…I’ll just be over there running laps around you. You can’t progress in any fashion without change, so I tip my hat to change.

Here is what Jack said on CNBC.

“Formality is the most silly thing in the world. Bunch of pompous bureaucrats! Formality slows a company down. Change is what excites people. If you’re stagnant, you’re dead. You’ve got to get people to embrace change, and not be paralyzed by it. People want CEO’s that care. Authenticity is enormous. Candor counts.”