Constants in Business

Mark McIlroy

August 2025



With the pace of change in life accelerating, let's compare daily life today to daily life 2,000 years ago.



People still need:



Food

Water & beverages

Clothes

Houses

Roads

Vehicles

Community & family



You could add a few more into this list including:



Hotels

Hairdressing salons

Cafes



Any business that meets these needs, or supports other businesses that meet these needs, will always have a future.



Businesses in these industries and supporting these industries will still need to adapt to change though, such as the upcoming wave of robots.