This is an epigram I started using recently, because it’s so relevant to our times. It was inspired by none other than the inimitable Dr. Seuss:

“Without a common vision, you have division”

Inspiration came from Dr. Seuss’ story of the Zax - imaginary creatures who can only go in one specific direction. In the story, two Zax, one southbound, the other headed north, happen to bump into each other in the middle of the desert, perfectly blocking the other’s path. Neither of the two was willing to budge, to change direction, to seek a common vision. And as they remained there perfectly divided in their perspectives and goals, the world passed them by. A new highway was built right around them in the desert.

As Dr. Seuss puts it:

“And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax. And left them there, standing un-budged in their tracks.”

Is your team full of Zax, or do you have a clearly-articulated, well-founded common vision to unite them?

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