#281: Time for some inaction
We’re at that stage of the economic cycle where I worry that there is too much execution in executive.
The term ‘executive’, as in chief executive officer, means having the power to execute, to make things happen. This begs the question ‘what things?’
Therein lies my problem. From a young age we are pushed to action by the questions adults ask. Have you done your homework? Have you made your bed? Have you done this, have you done that?
No one ever asked me ‘have you thought today, have you contemplated, have you meditated?’
Not only are we conditioned to act, executives are trained to act. Combine this with the current climate of fear, the fear of not doing enough, of not working hard enough, and what do we get? Executives who are not spending time contemplating a future beyond this recession.
Being unprepared for a recession is bad enough; being unprepared for the recovery is insane.
I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2009 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
The term ‘executive’, as in chief executive officer, means having the power to execute, to make things happen. This begs the question ‘what things?’
Therein lies my problem. From a young age we are pushed to action by the questions adults ask. Have you done your homework? Have you made your bed? Have you done this, have you done that?
No one ever asked me ‘have you thought today, have you contemplated, have you meditated?’
Not only are we conditioned to act, executives are trained to act. Combine this with the current climate of fear, the fear of not doing enough, of not working hard enough, and what do we get? Executives who are not spending time contemplating a future beyond this recession.
Being unprepared for a recession is bad enough; being unprepared for the recovery is insane.
I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2009 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
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