Congress also passed Obama’s health care reform law, reworked consumer protection laws, and approved dozens of other statutes, from expanding children’s health insurance to giving women new opportunities to sue over wage discrimination. It was one of the biggest policy overhauls since the Great Society and the New Deal, and it happened because, in the aftermath of a financial catastrophe, lawmakers saw opportunity.
Good leaders, as I mentioned, look for opportunities to create a sense of crisis sometimes, so as to help people change. Consider, for instance, how Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, talks about his company to his employees. Cook consistently emphasizes that Apple is doing well - but that a nimble competitor could kill the firm in just a few years, if Apple isn’t savvy in staying ahead. The largest, most profitable company on earth believes it is always on the brink of destruction because of the warnings of the CEO - and because believing you are always in mild-crisis makes it easier for Apple itself to stay nimble, to reconsider and change its habits when it needs to.
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