The previous weblog,
for a short while, highlighted the theft of personal notes, and the
manner in which the contents of that 'ideas theft' was published in a
respected national car-centric consumer magazine.
That theft was
performed within the public realm, with the taking of a small black
plastic bag containing two old and battered charity-shop bought books
named 'American Capitalism' (authored by Galbraith) and a 'Dictionary
of Civil Engineering'
Amongst those books,
upon a napkin, were very specific notes of historical engineering
precedence, which was to highlight the importance of technology
transfer between the UK, Europe and America, which led to the spread and adoption of new engineering ideas, much needed for economic revitalisation, from the 1920s onward, to 'spread the wealth' and re-balance what were the abject social inequities of the day.
Hence obvious parallel and echo to the western world today.
The theft of those personal notes was not by chance, and neither was publication and expansion of the initial basic examples provided.
The theft of those personal notes was not by chance, and neither was publication and expansion of the initial basic examples provided.
though an obvious criminal offence, in the big scheme of things it is minimally disruptive; simply another deliberately contrived ineffective ploy to deliberately undermine.
However, this has all too many reverberations of distant past experiences inside the auto-industry. When various conceptual ideas were effectively provided without any recompense for effort, time or eventual commercial worth to a company.
Thus effectively taken.
This when undertaking self-motivated 'extra-curricula' weekend effort so as to improve the prospects of that company and its parent company.
However, this has all too many reverberations of distant past experiences inside the auto-industry. When various conceptual ideas were effectively provided without any recompense for effort, time or eventual commercial worth to a company.
Thus effectively taken.
This when undertaking self-motivated 'extra-curricula' weekend effort so as to improve the prospects of that company and its parent company.
The end result of what
was previously boundless passion and motivation, was inevitable distaste and
disillusionment because of poor man-management, since proper accreditation and other reward had not forthcoming. So illustrating a short-sighted operating mentality that can often exist amongst unscrupulous senior management in poorly managed enterprise.
The sad fact is that stolen and so unrecognised conceptual innovation is in many commercial circles wrongly seen to be 'par for the course'. Part of the pathetically shallow (junior manager) mentality that views Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' as the only handbook to be followed. Often a clique-socialised outcome in which Machiavellian methods are played-out as normative behaviour, and so inevitably aped-out across the worst sections of junior, middle and
senior management.
But doing so only
illustrates the creative bancruptcy of such managers and thus the firm itself.
This most obvious example by its very nature the act of intellectual theft.
This most obvious example by its very nature the act of intellectual theft.
When children behave in such a manner they are sent to bed with no
dinner, their dinner put into the freezer to stay frozen, until they started behaving
themselves.
The same must surely be applied to those in media circles who operate in a similar manner, the same said of those elsewhere, for whom they (and all too often others) literally 'act'.
The same must surely be applied to those in media circles who operate in a similar manner, the same said of those elsewhere, for whom they (and all too often others) literally 'act'.
Such actions destroy the very fabric of trust, and so the ability to meaningfully interact and so the (re)building of strong and
creative industries.
That (re)building typically reliant upon individuals who have independent thought and spirit, not 'Yes (Wo)Men', who can rarely see past that quarter's or annual management budget that pays their (often over-inflated) salaries. Let alone their inability to absorb and merge - in a succinct hypothetical manner - the myriad of facets that must be considered spanning the macro with the micro for the long term.
That (re)building typically reliant upon individuals who have independent thought and spirit, not 'Yes (Wo)Men', who can rarely see past that quarter's or annual management budget that pays their (often over-inflated) salaries. Let alone their inability to absorb and merge - in a succinct hypothetical manner - the myriad of facets that must be considered spanning the macro with the micro for the long term.
This - amongst other factors - was the very
reason that the investment-auto-motives web-log came into being.
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Quite obviously, without the trust upon which exchange and creativity can thrive, we would exist in a 'blank-space' world, absent of new and meaningful ideas for economic expansion.
There is the world of
difference between identifying and satiating new 'white space' opportunities, and
that of socio-economic stagnation resultant from broken trust and 'blank
space' outcomes. The commercial
world as known would contract and eventually collapse.
So to those in the various media tribes connected to 'social actors' within everyday folk; who in adu think they are 'only playing the game', its time to grow up, no matter what your age.
The most useful people
in society recognise the need for trust early on, and soon learn to
outgrow playground games between the ages of Six and Ten.
Unfortunately many others are unfortunately still 'playing' such infantile games by
the time they reach Three Score and Ten.
Society suffers for it.
Society suffers for it.
A thriving opportunistic 'White Space' outcome, or a contracted 'Blank Space' result?
Make the right choice through your own attitude and conduct.
Make the right choice through your own attitude and conduct.
