Companies these days must be willing and able to change constantly. Sometimes companies change course to survive， and sometimes they do so because an opportunity is too good to resist. I know of a small company that provided a messenger service several years ago. A sudden major increase in corporate use of fax machines nearly put this small company out of business. Fortunately， the owner of the company was astute enough to realize other global corporate trends happening at the same time. The owner shifted gears from offering a messenger service to providing an off site records storage service， and soon business was booming once again.
It all comes down to perspective. When there was a downturn in the economy， some people could say， “This is terrible！ With the downturn in the economy， nobody will have a budget for my service.” Or others thought， “This is great！ With the tightening of budgets and the loss of support staff， there’s an even greater need for professionals to be effective， which is precisely what I’m here to help them do！”
我们生活在一个公司规模缩减、机构重组和全球化竞争加剧的特殊时代。有些人认为，这会带来众多问题；也有些人认为，这种变化会带来难以置信的巨大机遇。
家政服务行业在近十年迅速发展起来。这些业绩是那些勇于追寻梦想的人创造的。然而，任何一个得以执行的计划，都历经了反反复复的构思阶段——从设想到付诸行动。
是什么阻碍了人们追求并实现他们的梦想？我想，这是恐惧心理在作祟。曾有人说：“失败的原因有很多，没把握住机会是一个最主要原因。”也有人说：“人们不是败于计划，而是败于没有计划。”
如今，无论是为了生存，还是为了抓住千载难逢的绝好机遇，公司必须愿意且有能力进行机构重整。据我所知，几年前，有一家提供信使服务的小公司做得很不错，但传真机的迅速普及使该公司面临倒闭。幸而公司老板非常精明，他意识到了当时的全球化趋向。于是，他马上将公司服务转型，由提供信使服务转为远端记录存储服务，很快，公司再度蓬勃发展起来。