These are very emotional times for us Americans, regardless of political orientation. I have read posts full of despair, and calls for activities, that are way outside of (at least) what we should be discussing here on Linkedin. We are all worried about jobs and money and wanting to be safe and accepted.

We must remember that- when feeling concerned about mega-corporations and international organizations running our live, that wealth and power exist only because of millions of small financial exchanges we collectively make every day and over time, which has led to the massive accrual of wealth- and associated power- with these organizations and institutions.

-Welcome to Microeconomics 101-

Each one of us has the opportunity and obligation to be deliberate and informed with whom we do business: who we are helping to get rich and powerful. Be willing to find new social mediums, new service providers, change your shopping habits, and divest yourself of anything that you no longer want to enable. Each one of us is the captain of her own little ship. Your small daily choices are the most powerful statement you can make.

One of my favorite organizational models is Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development. He identified that Teamwork can be measured within Stages of Development, each determined by the cohesiveness of understood and accepted rules, expectations, and changes in leadership. We observe fragmentation, frustration and resistance, accepting new performance metrics and leadership style, leading to optimized out-put and performance, and at some point, another cycle of change.

The upside to constant change is growth, the downside, that change can be hard. We have to embrace change in order to remain a top-performing and open-access economy and the benchmark of global freedom. However long we Storm with each other delays our Performance. Getting angry is normal; wanting to destroy is human. However understandable and justified, we are only hurting ourselves.

“In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny for all. A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.”
-Fredrick Douglass-

TWITTER is a 15 years old company that started with an idea, and a handful of unpaid, and hopeful, developers. Like all startups, it was a gamble, and it paid off. TWITTER exploded in popularity and has become a financial power with an annual revenue of approximately 3.5 billion. Just like Facebook, Cheerios, Coke, and The Pet Rock, people liked it and invested their time and money. There’s no evil conspiracy. Simple business: design, pitch, fund, develop, release, grow, dominate.

Welcome to America.

Remember MySpace? You were such a looser to not be on MySpace. How many dozens of apps and offerings has Google launched that had their day and are no more, as a more desirable offering entered the market. Competition allows for the smallest idea to grow, and the biggest to fade. This is is Schumpeter’s idea of Creative Destruction: that new ideas absorb and grow upon the old.

Right now, like RIGHT NOW, there are so many options to choose from in social media and marketing, web browsers and email offerings. We are not victims. Was it so hard to move from Hotmail to Google? Any regrets on dumping your flip for a smart, or figuring out SKYPE? Take your energy, time, and money, and find that new product and service you believe in and don’t look back. The revolution you are looking for is switching service providers, changing banks, choosing a phone company that is more aligned with your values. Marching, yelling, burning, and fighting, is often times and empty motion.

Make new friends, make different choices with your daily spending…STOP USING AMAZON…for example, DELETE YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT…for example, and find new ways to shop, new social media platforms to enjoy. Don’t get mad- get busy- reinvest your money and energy, and grow a whole new world. Creative Destruction is the way of the world.