Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday 23 April 2020

A Case of Conflicting Concerns





Corona has posed before the World, a Socio-Economic problem


It is forcing countries to make compromises / trade offs, between :


Ø  Concern for Lives

    ( by enforcing NEW norms of Social Distancing / Isolation / Quarantine etc)


Ø  Concern for Livelihood ( Economy )

    ( by WFH / Video /  Doles / Free food distribution / Economic Stimulus )



Some decades back , management theorists Robert Blake and Jane Mouton developed

 Blake Mouton Managerial Grid,

-      a popular framework for thinking about a leader's " task versus person " orientation.




It was not a question of “ Mutual Exclusivity “.  Not a question of :


Either you have concern for TASKS  ( timely performing and completion ),


Or,


You have concern for PERSONS  ( Safety / Health / Well-being of employees )



A manager had the un-enviable job of displaying his concerns for both, at the same time


Today, under threat of Corona Virus, world leaders have a similar un-enviable job of having to display, varying combinations / compromises / trade-offs, of their,


Ø  Concern for Livelihood {  resumption of Economic Activities }

And

Ø  Concern for Lives        { minimizing spread of virus through Social Distancing }



Allow me to present to you below, a visual representation of  these Conflicting Concerns :

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              Parekh’s Political Leadership Grid
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In the above diagram, you see 4 quadrants ( A – B – C – D )  as follows :


    C                 
             D    
   B
   
           A


Scenario in quadrant D is utopian . Best to forget it ( at least in present juncture )



All that we can – and we should – attempt is :


STEP 1  :  MOVE FROM QUADRANT A TO QUADRANT B


Ø  Introduce solutions that allow us to reduce our  “ Concern / Worry “ for Lives , and enable us to move from quadrant A to quadrant B ( through reduced / relaxed Social Distancing )


     This will enable us to resume some low level of economic activities, without posing
dangers to lives of citizen


  Such solutions are detailed at :

Ø  Aarogya Setu : Ayushmaan Bhavah :                             [ 23 April 2020 ]

Ø  Social Distancing : Safest – Surest Method                     [ 21 April 2020 ]


Ø  Engineering of Social Distancing                                     [ 21 April 2020 ]


Ø  Thank You, Aarogya Setu Team                                      [ 19 April 2020 ]


Ø  Aarogya Setu : Good Beginning / Long Way to Go            [ 18 April 2020 ]


Ø  Congratulations, Shri Pawan Kumar Agarwal                    [ 13 April 2020 ]


Ø  “ India Post “ morph to “ India Retail “                             [ 12 April 2020 ]


Ø  Congratulations, Shivansh Sethi / Ankita Sain                   [ 11 April 2020 ]


Ø  Antidote to “ Anti-Social Intimacy “                                  [ 07 April 2020 ]


Ø  Corona Patient Case Histories : a Fragmented Database    [ 30 March 2020 ]


Ø  Remotely measuring Body Temperature                           [ 27 March 2020 ]



Above-mentioned TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS , will only help us to “ reduce “ the need for stringent Social Distancing


But these solutions will not altogether “ eliminate “ the need for Social Distancing


For that , we have to also work on war-footing on the following fronts :


Ø  PREVENTING the Covid infections

This will require vaccines



Ø  CURE for persons already infected

This will require drugs / medicines ( such as HydroxyChloroQuine )

Administering PLASMA from already infected patients

Rapid Testing Kits / Statistical Sampling

Abundant supply of masks – ventilators – PPE – isolation wards etc

Training of lakhs of Healthcare Staff ( Doctors-Nurses-Technicians etc )




STEP 2 :  MOVE FROM QUADRANT B TO QUADRANT C

For this “ transition “, Government’s Mantra seems to be :

Ø  Minimum Mobility, Maximum Work  / News18.com / Updated:  April 24, 2020, 10:59 AM


But, by itself , a Mantra is incomplete . What will be required is a :

SPECIFIC / DETAILED / TIME-BOUND ACTION  PLAN

Towards this, I have sent following E Mails to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog  /  State Chief  Ministers etc :

Ø  When the dust settles                                         [ 17 April 2020 ]


Ø  Opinions may differ : Logic is same                           [ 15   April  2020  ]


Ø  Let not history repeat                                         [ 09 April 2020 ]


Ø  Economy : The Way Back                                    [ 08 April 2020 ]


Ø  Unlocking Lockdown : Calibrated – Gradual           [ 04 April 2020 ]


Ø  Not so ODD after all !                                          [ 01 April 2020 ]


Ø  How to convert Temporary into Permanent ?         [ 19 March 2020 ]


Ø  Opportunity in Adversity ?                                   [ 13 March 2020 ]


Ø  Caused by CoronaVirus ?                                     [ 04 March 2020 ]

 

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Dear Shri Narendrabhai,


Citizen of USA / Europe / South America / Iran etc ., are agitating for complete and immediate lifting of lockdown 

This amounts to bypassing " Quadrant B " and straight away jumping from " Quadrant A " , directly to " Quadrant C "  !

Irrespective of what happens in those countries, we must not fall prey to this populism , which will spell disaster 

I urge you to forward this GRID to all the Policy Makers and get their opinions about the way forward

with regards,

hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com

24  April  2020

1 comment:

  1. Whilst Quadrant D might appear Utopian today, the Govt must draw out a plan for taking
    India, to Quadrant D... Unless a road-map is drawn up. we will never get there..

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