That accomplished, I took my seat, buckled in, and drove home. Whistling in the dark I tell the story at length not just because of the humor of it, but because it mirrors a lot of what I see going on in the world around me. While we try to exert control over our lives, much more is out of our control than we would like to admit, forcing us to spend much of our time and energy reacting and making the best of our situations. In other words, uncertainty about what's coming down the road is status quo. If it has done anything for us, the carnival down in Florida going on for weeks after the presidential election should have taught us that.
Uncertainty is an important part of the environment of doing business.
It is important because if we don't take it into account, it will sink us. Or at least leave us stranded and out of gas. CEOs are in a particularly tenuous position because they are required to guarantee the performance and results of their companies to their investors. Thus, CEOs often find themselves whistling in the dark. As coldly legal as that may sound, it is true if not honest.