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What does it mean?
Blair states ideals survive change but die without adaptation.
In plain terms
Ideals must adapt to survive or they die.
What can you take from it?
Adaptation keeps ideals alive.

Where it applies

  • leadership speeches
  • strategy sessions
  • memoirs

Putting it to work

  • reviewing policy principles
  • planning reforms

Questions to consider

  • What ideals should never change?
  • When does adaptation betray a principle?

Another view

It oversimplifies how some ideals should remain static.

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