Too often we think we can determine policy without any context, or judge the action or inaction of our government without the necessary history to give it meaning.
Like the response to Serbian aggression or English yobbism, the context of racially-motivated violence in America must determine the appropriate response.
Business leadership must learn from the Prussians that at times of defeat, great innovations and rebounds are fueled by aligning employees to the overall objective, the context of their mission, and their purpose while freeing them to determine how best to achieve their mission.
In that context, your decision on whether or not to participate in the social revolution could very well determine the role your company plays in the ongoing cycle of creative destruction: will your company be among those that have the insights and depth of engagement to create the new, or will your company simply be among those that get pushed aside and rendered irrelevant?