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