The Code

For untold centuries, one of the most important trees in the American food chain and in forests from Maine to Mississippi was the wild American Chestnut tree. Estimates show there were three billion Chestnut trees when the Europeans arrived. In the Appalachian Mountains, twenty-five percent of trees were American chestnut. For wildlife from deer to squirrels the chestnut seemed critical to survival. Then around 1900, some Chinese chestnut trees infected with a blight were imported to New York. The blight spread and killed almost every single American Chestnut tree from forests to front yards including ancient behemoths. Time marched on and wildlife and humankind adapted to life without them. Change is sometimes traumatic, immense, rapid, and unfathomable. In the workplace just as in nature, survivors find ways to adapt and thrive. Effective leaders spend little time fretting over uncontrollable events and much more time finding a path forward.
─ Derek Conrad Brown ─
Ken Chapman & Associates, Inc