How to Avoid Extinction

According to a report from Yale University Press, 99.9% of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. That’s over five billion species completely wiped out. Why such a gigantic failure rate? The species that die off are “those that are no longer able to survive in changing conditions or against superior competition.”

The same logic applies to our careers, companies, and even communities. A once successful entity can vanish quickly if its leaders fail to adapt and evolve. The employ...