Passado vs Futuro

Já me aconteceu visitar uma organização e verificar que nos seus corredores, nas suas salas de reunião, nos seus espaços, se podem encontrar fotografias sobre a sua época "de ouro", sobre o seu passado glorioso.

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Lembrei-me disto, ontem durante uma viagem de comboio ao ler este texto de Charles Handy:

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"I would say remember the past, and celebrate it if you want to, but put it behind you. Don't let the past stand in the way of your future. Because the future is going to be different. And we have to unlearn the way we dealt with the past in order to deal with the future.

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Of course the past is important. We need a sense of history. But you can't walk into the future looking over your shoulder. You can't stumble backwards into the future.
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If you go into a business and it has a display of its history, you should be worried. On the other hand, if you go into a business and it has a display of what the future might be, you should be excited.
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Because the great excitement of the future is that we can shape it.""