Long-term perspective

Long-term perspective - I think it's another buzzword that corporate folks like to cling on to. Whatever it may be, it certainly has its own positives. In the hurry of making quick bucks or reaping the low handing fruits so to say, we loose sight of much better fruits that are high above. No. of people to fetch the low hanging fruits is also high and whose quality is also not as great as the high hanging ones. Enough of theory I guess!

Why am I saying so? After the paradigm shift of my professional life (Industry to institute), it looks pretty evident to me with the kind of things happening around me. No doubt education has become another business domain nowadays. In the process of making quick bucks, it's quite unfortunate to see people missing sight of many more years to come. A clear vision, focus on quality, a standardized process, time management, commitment and more importantly the true professionalism, is severely lacking. (I see 'vision' statement board in most of the colleges though; however may not be connected to the things they do) All these take a back seat in this environment. Even if somebody mentions it, they just nod their head without actually thinking through it. If you are not well equipped with such things, how can one expect it pass it on to students who are going to be the future professionals or entrepreneurs?

People seem to be quite complacent with things in whatever state or level of quality they may be. I think it's also got to do with the exposure. The more you travel, the more you interact with different kinds of people and the more you become 'open to ideas'. Once you are to yourself and don't accept suggestions from others, that's where you stop growing in life!

I think it should change. I'm trying to introduce such changes in the institutes slowly. I know it's a tough challenge - going against the odds. I'm not sure if we can use the same aggressiveness that we use in the corporates to do stuff here. I've just started this new journey. Let me see how much do I succeed in here ...