It’s hard to imagine you could find anyone in business to admit they were a short-term thinker. Ask a chief executive or a chairman whether they focus on the long term or the short term and you’re sure to get a rapid response.
“We run this company for the next two decades, not for the next two months,” they’ll say, perhaps with a misty look in their eye.
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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com