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"In a downturn, most companies don’t fail because they lack opportunity - they fail because they can’t get out of their own way." - Futurist Jim Carroll

Leaders build. Managers cut. That much is known. What is also known is that if you want to grow during a downturn, now is the time to move, not wait.

But let’s be honest. You can’t build what’s next if you’re still stuck in what’s holding you back.

That’s what this post is about.

Before you get into a growth mindset in a downturn - which seems like a contradiction - you have to face the barriers that will hold you back. And here's what I know from the advising leadership team during every major downturn since 2001: recessions don’t just expose economic volatility. They expose internal vulnerability.

What are those vulnerabilities? Business models that no longer fit. Teams that are afraid to act. Cultures allergic to risk. Short-term thinking that kills long-term opportunity. Things like that. Over time, I've seen a clear pattern emerge in the way organizations respond to volatility - there are two kinds of companies:

- those who got stuck in their economic rut, too paralyzed to move

- and those who became fast, focused, and fearless innovation leaders

Both types were in the same economy - but only one type made it to the other side stronger.

So what separates them? It’s not industry. Not funding. Not even market conditions. It’s this: the ability to confront what’s really holding them back. Because the reality is big disruption happens during big uncertainty, but most companies miss it, because they’re too focused on defending the past instead of designing the future.

So ask yourself:

What’s holding you back right now?

What decisions are you avoiding?

What assumptions or habits are you still clinging to?

Because before you can talk about growth strategy…before you can reimagine business models…before you can disrupt...you need to confront what’s holding you back.

This isn’t about what’s happening around you.

It’s about what’s happening inside your organization.

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Futurist Jim Carroll believes that this current moment in time is as much an innovation story as it is a recession story. Act accordingly.

**#Barriers** **#Growth** **#Leadership** **#Mindset** **#Risk** **#Innovation** **#Velocity** **#Opportunity** **#Adaptation** **#Momentum**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decodin

If there's someone around you who is #suffering especially from #isolation and doesn't get to be with other #people in #community much, take the #initiative to #ReachOut and #invite them to engage in a #social #activity with you. Try to #identify and #eliminate the #barriers keeping them isolated, if they want to be more engaged. Part of having a strong community is having #robust, #systemic ways to #adapt in order to fold people in.

Accessibility friends, how do you think about the following?

If a barrier affects everyone…

(Some context right after this toot; this poll supersedes the one shared the other week, and I’m curious whether I’ve reworked it well enough.)

[❌ Edit: This needs more clarity—will rework and share a new poll. Thanks to who has voted, shared, and responded!]

Accessibility friends, how do you assess the following when it comes to work in our field (independent of regulation, which I’d like to check on afterwards)?

If a barrier affects everyone…

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@meganL

I cannot successfully navigate the alley's sidewalk breach with a #rollator.

I suspect the same holds for most folks using wheelchairs (excepting perhaps someone athletic enough to both tip sideways on one wheel and also go down/up and irregular slope on the remaining wheel???).

One could likely get through with a tiny umbrella #stroller, but those aren't #AssistiveDevices nor would they be able to be used as one.

13/x

#yeg
#slope
#barriers
#sidewalks
#intersections