Tom Watson's Near Miss

Watching Tom Watson play "The Open" at Turnberry this week, I was caught up in the drama of Tom possibly winning his 6th Open Championship at 59 years old (to become the oldest winner ever).

There were great subplots like Tiger Woods' implosion causing him to miss the cut on Friday. There was the flashbacks to the Watson/Nicholas rivalry that Watson won the last time Watson won at this same golf course.

The crowds hung on every shot and hoped that this would be a glorious example of history unfolding...

...it didn't happen.

But it was amazing to watch just the same and Tom certainly gave it his all in gentlemanly fashion. Even after he totally collapsed in the four hole playoff, he exhibited class.


So what does this mean for business?

In business as well as in sports, momentum means so much.

One minute everything is perfect and the next you could be rolling into bankrupcy. Too big to fail? Just ask the auto companies. How about the banks?

There are examples everywhere where companies seemed to be soaring skyward, doing everything right. Then something went haywire. It could be a little thing. And then the momentum shifted. Then it picked up speed...in the wrong direction.

Where's you business momentum going?

If it's going in the right way, are you nurturing it?

If it's going the wrong way, what are you doing to interrupt the cycle?