An 'interesting time' to be a leader

摘要

Building on the theme, "Leadership in Interesting Times: Opportunities To Innovate," speakers and audience participants at the Oct. 18 Utility Executives Forum discussed change, risk-taking, and emerging challenges. Forum attendees acknowledged that water professionals are facing onslaughts on multiple fronts with reduced federal funding, a shaky economy, growing concerns about water scarcity, and new regulatory requirements. But these storm clouds should not be seen as a bad thing, at least according to one speaker. "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but dancing in the rain," said Richard Fox, chairman and chief executive officer of Camp Dresser & McKee (Cambridge, Mass.). "We as an industry are going to have to learn to dance in the rain because we don't know when the storm will pass."