Strength in Numbers: Open Wide and Say 'Ahh...huh?'
Posted Mar 12, 2015 in Publisher's Page
At the NADL’s Vision 21 meeting in Las Vegas, presentations and discussions focused on where dentistry is headed in the next 10-20 years; clearly this is the topic du jour. So much has changed in these last five years that we at LMT could hardly wait to collect and analyze the survey data you so generously provided us with this past fall in preparation for our 2015 State of the Industry series.
What the future looks like is not only the $64,000 question; it’s a downright rhetorical one! In other words, who knows? Bill Gates once made the observation that “most people tend to overestimate the rate of change that will occur on a two-year basis and underestimate the rate of change that will occur over 10 years.”
However, we know a few things that are constant, even in a continual state of flux:
- Passion is powerful—enthusiasm, optimism and an enjoyment for your work are contagious.
- Those who adapt most quickly and...