20220228 : leaders and managers

I think we all have read many definitions of leaders and managers.

If I generalize and simplify, we look towards good leaders for inspiration and vision and look towards good managers for efficiency and execution.

We probably depended on good leaders for leading us to make decisions and policies and laws and so on. It goes without saying they had to be well educated, learned, informed, etc so that they could do the role well on behalf of a vast no of people - for whom it was not possible to fit that bill.

Also, electing leaders is very cumbersome. There is a huge lead up campaigning/ canvassing, the actual election is demanding and expensive.

I guess the 4-5 year term is to just take a breather before starting again.

Currently, there are hoards of people protesting world over - All of them protesting because their "leaders" are doing their own thing and they have to live the consequences of the choices made for them.

But frankly, do we need leaders today?. We do generally - I know, but the elected types?

With so much access to information and awareness being higher, most people can make informed decisions on their own.

With the availability of tools and technologies, we don't have to wait for any decision. Important matters, we can just give a fixed few days for any public debate and take a poll soon after.

With fingerprint to iris scans to facial recognition in everyone's hands, inking seems so yesterday.

We just need a good and effective Administration system - which is much easier to have.

I know, it is a very simplistic thought. But why won't it work?

Also awareness and involvement - today, most people don't bother as someone else makes all decisions for them. Once people realise it is them making decisions, their quest for awareness and drive for participation will only improve over time.

Looks like we have managed to have evolved the tools and technologies but have conveniently forgotten to evolve the society setup along with it....