Reform Club

Today I visited a bastion of the English establishment, the Reform Club, which is one of our original gentlemen’s clubs.  It was formed in 1836 for supporters of the Great Reform Act.  It is interesting that something which started as a cradle of Change, itself became such part of the establishment.

If something lasts long enough, then it  tends to lose its energy for Change.  We do it as people, businesses do it.  There needs to be some kind of either internal driver (such as a visionary leader) and external pressure (such as some of the economic upheavals going on now.)

So if your business has stood still for a long period, perhaps it is time to reconnect with its founding fervour and vision.

PS>>  I had a lovely meal there …

“It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and mortal persecution”  Mahatma Gandhi

Tags: Change, reform

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