At LSE, I have been hearing about issues of flexibility, embedded ness. These issues came up because people now really prefer flexibility and autonomy at work. They want the space to do their work their way, without someone curbing their time, putting them into routine. People find it easier to be creative, if left to themselves. These days many office cultures have become toxic, due to an intrusive environment, leaders micromanaging. Now people are willing to accept low salary in exchange for freedom to do work. Gig economy is on the rise, the reason behind it is the issue of flexibility. Why are cultures becoming toxic? According to the Attraction-Selection- Attrition theory, managers attract the same type of people in the organisation as are the characteristics of their CEO’s. Hence, over a period of time a very homogeneous group is formed in the organisation which lacks variety. Office cultures may include gossip, hardworkers not being rewarded accordingly, group...
BJP’s campaign of ‘Main bhi chowkidar’ has something wrong about it. There is a factor that is very unattractive. When I pondered over it, I realised that it was the vision projected by the term ‘chowkidar’. Why does the PM want to be a chowkidar rather than a leader? A chowkidar is a defensive term. He is a protector on whose basis people can safely live in their homes without any worry. It is right for a PM to protect his country, at whose cost, his country men will relax and go about doing their daily chores. But is that what a PM is limited to? India is a developing country. It has to grow in many aspects such as economically, job growth, development of poorer sections of society etc.. Will all this a chowkidar do? A country sees a leader in it’s PM. With the development Mr. Modi had done in Gujarat, people got hope that he will be the one to take india ‘forward’. That he would make the effort to develop the country same way as he did in Gujarat. They saw a...