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Visiting the dentist this morning, I couldn't help but zero in on her one specific remark of "This is your new normal." I don't know why her words have loomed large in my head, but they have.
"This Is Your New Normal"
Yesterday a prospect called with several questions, one of them being "Do you think we will get back to normal this year?" Given that I do not have a crystal ball, or a magic wand and no Droid which seems to do about everything but predict the future, I offered: "I have absolutely no idea other than perhaps this day is the new normal."
How about you? When do you think "things" will "get back" to "normal?" Do you think things will get back to "normal" this year? Or, do you think that what we have today is the new normal?
1. 'When do you think "things" will "get back" to "normal?"
They won't 'get back to normal' as we knew it
Completely different business environment will lead to a very different work place and different expectations from workforce too - all of which impacts on how we manage careers.
2. Do you think things will get back to "normal" this year?
- Think this year likely to be a year of transition and stabilization into what we'll come to know as the 'new normal' in 2011/2012
Just my two cents worth..
Posted by: Sital | January 05, 2010 at 02:33 PM
Great thoughts and post. I've been hearing about this "new normal" for awhile now and when I think about what this means for me it means that normal has changed permanently. My background is marketing, more specifically traditional marketing (radio/tv/print)...I know that if I want to continue in marketing (and any other area of business for that matter), I will have to embrace all of the new social media tools.
I think you can also see this in other areas of business like administrative and HR professionals. Two jobs ago, on my first day of work, the receptionist was let go. In my most recent layoff, our office's only HR person was let go (to be handled by the holding company in NY).
I think anyone who holds onto the idea of things returning to the way things were will be disappointed and left behind.
Posted by: Tim | January 05, 2010 at 04:18 PM
Sital, as always, you offer great insights.
Tim, excellent points you make...especially the part about "will be disappointed and left behind."
Thanks to you both!
Posted by: billiesucher | January 08, 2010 at 03:47 PM