DNA ( 22 April 2017 )
carries following report :
“ Take
decisions fast , don’t fear consequences : PM “
Here is an extract :
·
Urging the country’s top officials to “ think out of the box “and take collective
ownership to bring change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told them to become “
enablers ” rather than “ regulators “
·
Some bureaucrats have referred to the three Cs – the CAG , CBI and
the CVC – as stumbling blocks in decision making.
·
He asked civil servants to
weigh their decisions from an outcome point of view and not from an output
point of view
·
A legislation proposed in
2013 to amend the “ Prevention
of Corruption Act “ to protect “
honest “ officials by differentiating between a corrupt
decision and a genuine error is pending before the
parliament
·
Over
the years, this “ fear
factor “ have led bureaucrats to defer decisions either referring them
to their respective Ministers or to the PMO
·
If a decision is taken with honest intention , truthfulness and for the welfare of the public,
nobody can raise a finger at you
·
Something momentary may happen , but I am with you “
Dear Narendrabhai :
Expect a miracle of decision-making , if that proposed amendment to
“ Prevention of Corruption Act “
incorporates following provisions from my earlier blog / email
Friday, 20 June 2014
To forgive is divine ( provided it was a honest error )
All of us keep making errors , all the time
But rarely same " mistake " twice
Often , decisions taken at a point of time , turn out to be " poor " , with passage of time
Reasons are simple :
·
We never have all the information -
relevant to the problem we are trying to solve - available with us , at the
time of taking a decision
·
Even when most of such relevant info is available , we may not have the
capacity / competence to " process " such info
* As humans , we have our biases / prejudices , based on our previous
experiences , which influence our decisions
* Quite often , and often against our own better evaluation / judgement of a given situation , we are wrongly influenced by our peers / bosses / subordinates or even voters - all of whom have different expectations / vested interests !
* Additional - and more relevant - information surfaces , AFTER we have taken a decision ( happens all the time ! )
To encourage Babus and Ministers to take FAST decisions , Shri Narendra Modiji , must insist that they carefully " Record " on the files :
* What info / data he wished was available for a better decision
* What different " views / opinions " were presented to him for consideration
* What " Data / Views " he would have obtained if he had more time
* Who all , the decision might offend
* What is the likely " Cost " of postponing that decision
And finally following declaration :
* THIS DECISION IS NOT LIKELY TO BENEFIT ANY OF MY NEAR RELATIVES / FRIENDS , DIRECTLY OR IMMEDIATELY
After all of this , if the decision appears to be " Wrong " in hindsight , it must be " forgiven " and treated as an honest error
To err is human !
22 April 2017
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