I am sure it seems absurd and outrageous to ask this question, given the fact that every corporate wants to or at least tries to have the best intellectuals in its fold. It is a pride to flaunt the best of breed and the coveted achievers as a part of a company organisational structure....why then should the most sought after firms come crashing down and bring about a worldwide recession? Couldn't the combined strenght of the intellectuals predict a path to everlasting success and growth? Here is where the respect or the lack of it for intellectual capital comes to the fore.
It is often found in the corporate spectrum worldwide that an individual's success is given perpetuity......it is taken as a lifelong freedom to make decisions without hindrance......the reverance that he generates for himself stops others from questioning him or his authority.....if an individual does raise a question....it is considered sacrilege.....not because he was wrong ...it is more because the others have put their minds to rest and feel happy just following a laid out path in expectation of unhindered continuity.
This is where an inclusive leadership plays a role.....where decisions are not made in isolation for others to swallow......but decisions are sought to debate and in some places where a leader admits that he is a little clueless and wants another person to take a call this time. This may at first sight appear as a dumb move.....but it is my belief that it sets the intellectual capital in motion as every individual is made to think and bring in the best to help the company.
It may be a worthwhile exercise to check the success story of many successful enterprise....though it won't be an obvious result in the beginning but somewhere down the line it will come to the fore that the one who respected and nurtured intellectual capital comes out stronger and healthier. A worthwhile insulation from many corporate / economic calamities.
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It needs to operate as if it were a recipe by bringing together the proper ingredients of an understanding of the field, committed people and strong views
Vidyut Kumar Ta
Guess this was for the earlier post Vidyut.
True...there seems to be a semblance of what you are saying in the present government....let us wait and see how things shape up.
the larger picture here is a country but can also be related with our families.... involving children in decision making or reasoning can also throw lot of surprises....
Very true Phalguni. The emphasis should always be on inclusive decision making and respecting the intellectual capital around you.
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