The Republican National Convention (“RNC”) was in Milwaukee this past week. Security was ramped up to extraordinary levels throughout downtown.

We talked last week about change. The world is changing quickly and as business leaders we need to facilitate change quicker than the world around us. The phrase from Yvon that has stuck with me most: “Adapt or die!”

Yvon Chounard, founder of Patagonia, is one of my favorite thought leaders because he leads with multiple generations in mind. He counts in centuries rather than quarters just like Century.

The common phrase goes: “perception is reality.”

David Brooks (author of How To Know A Person) reminds us of our natural shortcomings as humans: “we perceive the world not as it is but as we are.”