Changing Industries and Trends

Changing Industries and Trends Changing industries and trends are a critical factor in managing any career or business, noted in Where Are The Jobs? and Top Factors Influencing Career Advancement. We are reminded every day of the economic and social implications associated with technological advancements, an aging demographic, reduced birthrates, environmental challenges and organizational trends. Perhaps it is the constant flow of data along with the dramatic statistics that softens the response to one of complacency. The facts may not induce a stir but you may find the impact of changing industries and trends astonishingly evident in the following poem written by a resident of Arnprior, Ontario: Requiem for a Railway Nameless migrant horde Toiling on through rock and plain Fleshing out a dream Slender winding thread Shining steel from shore to shore Forged our nations bond Sturdy peasant stock Coonskin coat with hope held high Settlin in the West Miles and miles of cars! Prairie wheat and hard-rock ore Countrys live blood flow Trouble flames afar Fresh-faced youth now khaki clad Answer freedoms call Family holiday! Mom and Dad with kids in tow Travlin on the train Silent rusting rails Rotting ties and weed-choked beds Once proud era ends ~Edward Graham