When we transform form elite to being elitist we create lot of
commotion and perhaps sow the seed of discontent. Nevertheless the sprouting of
seed of discontent solely depends upon the longevity of the elitist culture.
The problem with elitist is that they didn't connect the dot. The famous speech of Steve Jobs in Standford in which he said that we cannot connect the dot
moving forward we have to look backward to connect the dot. Let me start with
an example to explain it.
Our politicians are the product of our society. Many of them
work hard to reach at the top. Even to deceive people they have to work hard. Most
of our present parliamentarian were ‘’aam admi’’ once upon a time. But after
reaching the top they started maintaining one arm’s length with aam admi. Here
they didn’t connect the ‘’dot’’. Latest example is our President, when people were
protesting outside Rashtrapati Bhavan, in spite of spending four decades in politics
Pranav da didn’t bother to come out and address the people, had there been
Abdul Kalam surely he would have come. Here again our President transformed
from elite to being elitist. Same is the case with our PM.
People study hard to join bureaucracy but again after going
to top they sadly never connect the dot. There may be sometimes peer pressure or
may be self-motivated to not to connect the dot. Peer pressure may have been
developed by the society. Let me give an example. Marketing strategies have
been very profound in shaping the society. Have ever thought why pink is for
women and black for men? Few days back the Santa Claus that we were cheering;
in its present form is also the result of marketing done by companies in 19th
century. And how can you forget that ‘’pulsar is definitely male’’ and SX4 is ‘’men
are back’’.
In our companies where we work, the top officials somewhere
in distant past joined like us and are now heading the company. They too were
like us nevertheless after reaching top position they too don’t connect the
dot. They never visit the working area to boost up the moral of the workers. Long
back I studied in book called ‘’How Toyota became world no1’’ that the top
brass of Toyota in US made sure that their cars are parked in such a way that
they have to walk through the entire assembly line to reach their office. This
proved effective for the company.
The point is that today the top brass of our politician and bureaucracy
have stopped interacting with common people and are unfortunately only
comfortable with their courtiers. The longevity of elitist culture has already
sprouted the seed of discontent. The same is the case with some companies also.
Nice concept of connecting dots. great vision and perception developed after reading.well cited examples defining the clear knowledge of the concept.
ReplyDeleteNice concept of connecting dots. great vision and perception developed after reading.well cited examples defining the clear knowledge of the concept.
ReplyDeletelaconic and a nice one. keep going
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