There is something almost comforting about mid-September at Honeywell.
Everything is business as usual. Forecasts. Customer calls. Q4 plans. Strategy decks. People talking about 2027 priorities as if every box on the org chart is permanent.
And anyone who has been around large companies long enough knows the rule: it is business as usual right up until the exact moment it isn’t.
One day you’re debating a KPI. The next day the KPI, the team, the reporting line and half the PowerPoint have changed.
That is what makes these periods so strange. Big organizational change rarely feels dramatic while it is approaching. Most of the time, Tuesday still feels exactly like Tuesday.
Until an email lands.
I have absolutely no inside information, which makes me about as qualified as everyone else to read the corporate tea leaves.
But this particular September has a very strong “enjoy the current org chart while supplies last” energy.
For the Honeywell veterans: what was the biggest “business as usual… until it wasn’t” moment you’ve seen here?
I suspect the comments on this one could be educational.