Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis - HBR.org

When the economy recovers, things won’t return to normal—and a different mode of leadership will be required.

It would be profoundly reassuring to view the current economic crisis as simply another rough spell that we need to get through. Unfortunately, though, today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty will continue as the norm even after the recession ends. Economies cannot erect a firewall against intensifying global competition, energy constraints, climate change, and political instability. The immediate crisis—which we will get through, with the help of policy makers’ expert technical adjustments—merely sets the stage for a sustained or even permanent crisis of serious and unfamiliar challenges.

Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis - HBR.org: "When the economy recovers, things won’t return to normal—and a different mode of leadership will be required."