Opinion

When the next emergency comes, the most important question won’t be whether we have a plan; it will be whether we’ve already built the relationships that make the plan work

Every growing company hits a wall that has nothing to do with its market, its product or its strategy deck. It hits the limits of one person’s capacity — usually the founder’s — and stops.

For years, New England employers have identified one challenge that cuts across nearly every industry: Our region simply is not building enough homes to meet demand.

Picture two moments from an ordinary Tuesday: a tense budget meeting where a project you’ve spent months on gets picked apart in real time, and an hour later, your 4-year-old flat on the floor of the cereal aisle mid-tantrum. One feels professional; the other feels undignified.