ABOUT LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS AND LACK OF IMAGINATION …

Do you find yourself (or other top managers) increasingly saying, “I would make my business model more sustainable in a heartbeat if only there was a level playing field”? 

Of course, this implies that one cannot be expected to make any big changes unless others change in big ways, too. And while the economic considerations are fair enough, it still is a dead end when you think about it.

How to escape the deadlock? What if we were to utilize the massive lobbying machinery of big business to create level playing fields instead of continuing to focus primarily on self-interest? 

What if these kinds of ideas fail not because they are impossible, but because we lack imagination?