I recently worked in a company where appearances were far more important than performance.
It was tough to see how bad the detachment from reality could go.
Of course in business, at least many businesses, this gets weeded out, but the more money in the bank, the longer it takes.
Sadly government has nearly an endless supply of funds so this can fester longer.
Creative destruction will occur when course correction is avoided. It's messier but effective.
What if we allowed free speech by memes in internal business politics? At a minimum, you'd see what the reaction will be in the general public and business partners for your PR before and allow for course correction.
That’s a great comparison, because the corporate world became captured by an awful lot of bullshit even before DEI and ESG. Business would be best served by taking every policy document and HR directive out on the street and asking random people if the statement t made sense to them or sounded like bullshit. Ditch all the ones that people can’t understand or think are stupid.
In the case I described, it was not DEI but just fantasy about business execution, and when the plans were not met just acting like it was someone else's fault.
Believing your own PR twists is worse than oft meaningless prayers to the DEI alter.
The public is reared and brainwashed by optics, suggesting an established norm. When someone in authority steps outside that norm, it's unsettling and shakes their foundations.
I suppose an analogy might be Getting back to Basics, which our societies have long covered in layers of falsity and delusion.
Absolutely. But like a TV show which will include a certain percentage of its dramatic time to the characters examining their relationships to hold the female viewer - Trump trotted out the cute kid who got a Secret Service badge. It was sweet. It was also the first and most abiding thing my wife took from the event, and she is an ardent Trump supporter.
RINOs aren't too scared to win, they're the "gracious losers" that the rest of us tired of long ago. Nobody finds inspiration in Mitch McConnell or Lindsay Graham. And the Bushies/Conservative Inc types completely outed themselves with their Kamala endorsement: after YEARS of claiming to "fight for conservative values," they endorsed.... a literal Communist traitor-puppet... who, incidentally and hilariously, thought an endorsement from the universally reviled Dick Cheney was a pot of gold worth holding up for the masses.
Regarding the placards, the #1 rule of politics in the internet age is: NEVER APPEAR WITH A SIGN OR A SCREEN! The meme brigade will crucify you every time.
I watched the whole speech. Riveting and inspiring. The Dems, RINOS and snowflakes like Al Green, melted in the heat of common sense and being faced with their own hypocrisy.
The Titanic is sinking, do you argue about optics, or get into a life boat?
If Trump is captain of the ship that shows up to pluck you from the water, do you wave him off, and hope for a captain who is the first black trans woman with a solar powered ship?
We saw and heard the common sense of a grandfather Trump win over the cognitive dissonance of the Dems and RINOs who supported corruption.
Yes, and there is no getting round that. Trump has both the substance and the modern optics on his side.
all of your writings are good. This one was excellent.
Thanks Eric 😀
The Democrats cemented precisely who they are (in the Joint session Congressional speech).
They distroyed themselves as a Party and also as alturistic human beings.
Thank you, Daniel, for an excellent commentary. I'm an American who has deep appreciation for Brits like you.
Thanks Patricia, and yes, they keep smashing themselves against the wall of the things that lost them the election. Long may it continue.
Can you blame Republicans? Doing the right thing doesn’t allow them to wet their beaks…
Which is why it took outsiders who don’t want or need money gained that way to break the Uniparty stranglehold.
Optics = Superficiality = What's Left when you're empty
I recently worked in a company where appearances were far more important than performance.
It was tough to see how bad the detachment from reality could go.
Of course in business, at least many businesses, this gets weeded out, but the more money in the bank, the longer it takes.
Sadly government has nearly an endless supply of funds so this can fester longer.
Creative destruction will occur when course correction is avoided. It's messier but effective.
What if we allowed free speech by memes in internal business politics? At a minimum, you'd see what the reaction will be in the general public and business partners for your PR before and allow for course correction.
That’s a great comparison, because the corporate world became captured by an awful lot of bullshit even before DEI and ESG. Business would be best served by taking every policy document and HR directive out on the street and asking random people if the statement t made sense to them or sounded like bullshit. Ditch all the ones that people can’t understand or think are stupid.
In the case I described, it was not DEI but just fantasy about business execution, and when the plans were not met just acting like it was someone else's fault.
Believing your own PR twists is worse than oft meaningless prayers to the DEI alter.
Nicely pinpointed.
The public is reared and brainwashed by optics, suggesting an established norm. When someone in authority steps outside that norm, it's unsettling and shakes their foundations.
I suppose an analogy might be Getting back to Basics, which our societies have long covered in layers of falsity and delusion.
Absolutely. But like a TV show which will include a certain percentage of its dramatic time to the characters examining their relationships to hold the female viewer - Trump trotted out the cute kid who got a Secret Service badge. It was sweet. It was also the first and most abiding thing my wife took from the event, and she is an ardent Trump supporter.
Wow! 🙌🏼
RINOs aren't too scared to win, they're the "gracious losers" that the rest of us tired of long ago. Nobody finds inspiration in Mitch McConnell or Lindsay Graham. And the Bushies/Conservative Inc types completely outed themselves with their Kamala endorsement: after YEARS of claiming to "fight for conservative values," they endorsed.... a literal Communist traitor-puppet... who, incidentally and hilariously, thought an endorsement from the universally reviled Dick Cheney was a pot of gold worth holding up for the masses.
Regarding the placards, the #1 rule of politics in the internet age is: NEVER APPEAR WITH A SIGN OR A SCREEN! The meme brigade will crucify you every time.
I watched the whole speech. Riveting and inspiring. The Dems, RINOS and snowflakes like Al Green, melted in the heat of common sense and being faced with their own hypocrisy.
The Titanic is sinking, do you argue about optics, or get into a life boat?
If Trump is captain of the ship that shows up to pluck you from the water, do you wave him off, and hope for a captain who is the first black trans woman with a solar powered ship?