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Purpose versus Survival – Management Message from Plants
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Can a plant grow without sunlight? Most plants cannot grow without sunlight, but some can. The above question may appear funny and stupid. However the question has a meaningful management message for the corporate and the HR function to learn and understand.
Can a plant grow without sunlight? Most plants cannot grow without sunlight, but some can. The above question may appear funny and stupid. However the question has a meaningful management message for the corporate and the HR function to learn and understand.
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A fertile well aerated soil with adequately watered, supports the growth of all plants. Every plant in particular needs such soil to grow. But assume there is no sunlight, will the same fertile soil support such growth. Why sunlight is essential for the growth of the plant?
Do not try to answer the above question from a scientific angle. Use the ingredients of evolution or philosophy, only then the right management message can be understood, deciphered and learned.
When water and manure are given to plants, it supports the growth and development of the plant. Under such circumstances, plants grow luxuriantly. Every luxuriantly growing plant just not interested in growing continuously, but asks a question as why they are growing. The above question is not just growth related but purpose/passion related one.
When plants search their purpose or passion, the mere growth becomes meaningless without passion and purpose. Every growing plant has its passion for ‘flowering and fruiting’. Flowering and, fruiting only complete the lifecycle of every plant and makes their existence meaningful.
For, flowering and fruiting, just water and manure is not enough, but sunlight is essential. If one gives all nutrients and water to a plant to grow and prevent or negate its passion and purpose, the plant may grow weaker. Passion drives them and not just the desire of growth and development.
The best corporate ecosystem is not the one that provide the best comfort in terms of emoluments, facilities etc., But, directing the employees towards their passion and purpose. Only when the employees work not just for their growth, survival and existence, but for passion, they become contributors both to the organization and to themselves.
The irony is that plants are not working in any corporate or have HR to guide them, and hence they do it by themselves. But most of the corporate employees may not work either with or out of passion. Only the corporate management and HR must guide the employees to become ‘passion oriented’ and not just ‘survival seekers’.
The formation of entire vegetation and various forest ecosystems itself is only due to the passion oriented approach of plants. Had they not purpose or passion oriented, they would not have produced flowers and seeds and thereby many more plants would not have formed in the forest.
Let passion be your inner force and not just ‘physical’ existence in the corporate.
Dr S Ranganathan
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