Microwave Journal

Do you seek to consolidate your position as an industry / niche leader, strike off in a bold-new market, invest in a new IC process or foundry, or finally bring that great new technology to market? I call these the evolve options for a tough economy. Or do you hunker down and wait for things to blow over? "But doing nothing beyond hunkering down simply isn't an option. I feel like I'm sitting in the middle of a railroad track,” says Mr. Davis of Umpqua Bank in the BusinessWeek article , Smart Management for Tough Times, that we've been discussing over the past few weeks. “Standing still is how you kill the company.”

Thanks to the many of you who clicked in to read Week One of my blog! I appreciate Jorge's comment about President Obama and the US collective voice to change the status quo. And I like David's comments as well. Especially his final line, "So I agree it is a good time for action, provided the action either helps reduce costs or helps win business." In fact, that was the direction I had already planned for this week's discussion.

Even before a colleague at work shared an article, " Smart Management for Tough Times ," in the March 12 issue of Business Week with me, the conversation in my own head and with peers and colleagues was quite simply this: Status Quo? Is this the right strategy for turbulent economic times?