KODAK's demise was underpinned by fear which led to a need to maintain control (recall that croc brain and it's role in creating limiting beliefs).
Organisations that have struggles, whether it is with their people, meeting their KPIs or both, have something in common. They all tend to have these two 'villans', fear and control, lurking which have the ability to take down anything and anyone indiscriminatingly, even a global giant like KODAK.
The good news is that their 'kryptonite' is vulnerability, which remember, as vulnerability expert Brene Brown has identified, can be learnt by anyone.
If vulnerability is still uncomfortable for you, consider if there is greater meaning for you to see your people and workplace thrive that can support you to overcome this 'uncomfortableness'. Stepping into vulnerability is the only pathway to succeed and achieve sustainable change and growth.
Had KODAK embraced the unknown and stepped into it, who knows where they would have been today.
Now to another American Giant, who by embracing their people and creating open pathways to innovate, resulted in quite the different outcome...