Spread Roots and Be Indispensable

In Saxon White Kessinger's poem, "Indispensable Man," she equates one's indispensability with the difficulty of filling the hole left behind when you remove your hand from a bucket of water. We can't be arrogant about it, but we can strive for it. Especially in a time when listservs and trade journals inform us about in-plants being downsized, right-sized, outsourced or simply closed, it is our responsibility to prepare for a future wrought with change by regularly questioning our product and service offerings and diversifying when possible and where needed.