Some people and companies remain paralyzed, unable to act because they are waiting for the "perfect moment." This stalls projects, initiatives, and worst of all, solutions and innovation. Using the Greek concept of Kairos, this article posits that the closest we can get to the ââ¡Ã‚¬Ãƒ…“perfectââ¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ time is when our fear of failure and our fear of not taking the opportunity take a back seat to our need and desire to move forward and conquer our goals and dreams.

Every car in your company "garage" is important, but be wary of hiring a Porsche. Not all company cultures are built to handle high-performance employees that are hard to "drive" and "steer." If that's what you want, then you need to build the company culture that knows how to handle every car in your garage to the specific needs of each model, which requires savvy leaders and managers, so they don't drive your "cars" off the road.

Too many companies hunt for the great company panacea, the company cure-all or the perfect solution. This leads them to overlook a portfolio of solutions or to waste time, money and effort (causing burnout) by constantly moving on to the next greatest thing before giving any one solution a chance to take hold in the company. Or they use "band-aid" solutions that cause more harm as they wait for "the" solution.