But I would not presume to know what the implications for Hawaii would be since I am simply a visitor to your state. I will also outline, towards the end of this presentation, the challenges and opportunities facing Hawaii. I will first attempt to describe to you the business world as it is today. I put it to you that the present business world is largely made up of reactive managers. In general, decisions are made as a result of preceding events.
Predictive elements are largely absent from such decisions.
A large part of employee disharmony can be attributed to miscommunication or even minimal communication. The same applies to business partners and customer relationships. However, communications alone does not make an inefficient enterprise. Information islands are aplenty in the corporate world. These databases store valuable content but do not translate them into business logic or knowledge.