Are Business Leaders Blindfolded Puppets On A String?
Chandra Jayaratne
Business leaders filled the ballroom of a star class hotel to attend a leading business club's luncheon meeting. This was one of the largest gatherings in the Club's history. It was reported that over thirty participants were left out, from a waiting list as well. However, several of the Chamber big wigs were amongst the conspicuous absentees! Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka was the star Presenter On the theme, "The forthcoming Geneva UNHCR Session-the process to be followed, does not entail such for Legal and Economic Sri Lanka ".
The speaker was clinical, strategic, analytical and precise in his approach to establish his point of view from a political scientist's perspective. He outlined the past, omissions and commissions and the sketched the likely future political landscape connected to the forthcoming Geneva UNHCR Session. He presented information that the audience had not heard of before and filled in several gaps in the jigsaw puzzle. He did not beat about the bush, when being critical of those who in his opinion were at the base of the current challenges. He laid it thick, to establish his hypothesis, likely events to come and the possible outcomes. He was, however, possibly due to lack of time, quite vague on the likely impact on business and the economy and did not adequately deal with the potential business risks and essential risk mitigation actions.
Business leaders were pleased with the value for money serving from the meeting, appeared to have thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and the hard hitting statements, the jovial expressions and the cleaver pun. However, how many of those present, went out of the meeting, determined to get back to their desks and use the core messages of the presenter for an inward business focused search light, cognizant of potential challenges ahead, and to initiate a business risk analysis and develop risk mitigation plans, is any body's guess.
For instance, how many business leaders would have recognized the possible interpretations of the core messages, by turning the search inwards, that, Read More
Chandra Jayaratne
