What do ants and leadership have in common?

When you watch ants, you see a perfectly working supply chain:

a clear route from point A to point B, efficient, fast, well organized.

But if you look closer, something interesting appears:

a small percentage of ants – maybe 2–3% – do not follow the trail.

They move slightly aside, seemingly illogical, away from the main path.

Until an obstacle appears.

The ants in the trail stop.

They only know their path.

No alternative. No detour.

And this is where the “other” ants become essential.

They know the terrain.

They explore the surroundings.

They show the colony a new way forward.

👉 This is Business Development.

Operational teams drive revenue – like the ant trail.

Business Development thinks ahead – before markets, customers, or competition block the way.

Focusing only on the running supply chain creates efficiency.

Thinking ahead creates resilience.

Saving on Business Development does not save costs –

it increases risk.

An ant is not only hardworking.

It is foresighted.