On the other side of the fog...

Some folks are asking, “On the other side of COVID-19, what’s the future of K12, higher education, etc.?”

Others are asking a different question: “On the other side of COVID-19, who will we be?”

We need to ask both questions, but one question matters more than the other.

As we travel through the liminal spaces created by COVID-19, consider Morgan Housel’s advice on “The only truly sustainable sources of competitive advantage:

  • Learn faster than your competition.

  • Empathize with customers more than your competition.

  • Communicate more effectively than your competition.

  • Be willing to fail more than your competition.

  • Wait longer than your competition.

Everything else – intelligence, design, insight – gets smashed to pieces by competitors who are almost certainly as smart as you.”

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Christian Talbot