Innovation complacency
Your competitors move fast. Your customers expect more. If you’re clinging to old systems, dismissing new tools, or avoiding digital transformation because “we’ve always done it this way,” you’re writing your obituary.
Legacy is not strategy. It’s a warning.
Why do leaders fail?
Not because they lack skill. But because they stop looking for the cracks.
Leadership failure doesn’t happen overnight. It builds quietly. A bit of pride. A missed cue. A strategy that sounded smarter than it was. A blind spot no one dared to point out.
If you want to avoid it, start with this:
- Audit yourself. Honestly.
- Build a culture that talks back.
- Create feedback loops that sting but save you.
- And never assume success today will protect you tomorrow.
Because the best leaders don’t pretend to be flawless.
They know precisely where their flaws could start fires.
And they keep the extinguisher close.
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