After a decade of sacrifice, our military caught the guy (I don’t even want to use his name). Young people dance in the street, after all, this is the reality they have know since 911. Our world is safer (hopefully). Perhaps it will have a healing effect. However, our politicians and pendents have now begun the very important debate of who to give credit. Really? This is really a question? We have to ask ourselves, seriously, to what agenda is this spin for, and why. I think this kind of debate is destructive to our society in many ways.
The reason this debate is happening is because we have a system and society build on argument. Argument is good, when we have something to argue about. What has happened over the last, say 40 years, we have lost sight of what is important, on purpose. The people spinning all this: the political parties (both of them) and the media who make profits from this discussion, really don’t care about what is right or good for society.
As I research, write and speak about the future of organizational dynamic, I seek the productive collaboration, the synergy of ideas, and the solution to problems. Good companies do this well. Good leaders build alignment with their objectors. But in our public world we are neanderthals, arguing to the death about an issue because our party tells us so. Arguing about points that only damage the “competitor”. We just fight what we are told to fight about.
My suggestion is that all of us, professionals, public figures, media and citizens find some common ground and work from there. If we can, the future of everything will be much better. . . what do you think?
By the way, the credit, and the blame belong to all of us.