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NedReck discovered 6 months ago- Name giving dangers (the M word) This unlucky teacher is in trouble for a Teddy bear with a forbidden name. What is really behind this zeal to punish the one who committed this horrible transgression? I know this may sound far fetched, but please, bear (No joke intended) with me for a while; A lifetime ago, I was leading one out of five teams in a workplace. Four of the teams were fairly even in their proficiency, the fifth team was not doing very well. It was very obvious and that crew developed quite an inferiority complex. It was hard to cooperate with them, always an undertone of hostility and you had to choose your words carefully in order not to hurt any feelings. Then they found their niche: Safety issues! (We were actually working in high risk environment.) They might still be under-performing, but now they were also crusaders for this sacred cause. Woe to anybody, who they found making a mistake in these matters. With great mock sadness, they found themselves forced to write a report and forward it to the management about the shortcomings of their fellow co-workers. The excitement that they felt, when a big transgression was committed by a team member outside their group! And we let it go on, since we needed that team to do its part of the job and we felt somewhat sorry for them. Over time they caught up with the rest of us in skills and the commitment to safety issues went back to a more healthy level. So, will we see a similar development in "real life" or will the world blow up before this has a chance to take place.
I realize that this is an overly simplified, perhaps silly comparison. But self esteem is playing a bigger role than we might think in all relations, local as well as global and cultural. A lifetime ago- Name giving dangers (the M word) This unlucky teacher is in trouble for a Teddy bear with a forbidden name. What is really behind this zeal to punish the one who committed this horrible transgression? I know this may sound far fetched, but please, bear (No joke intended) with me for a while; A lifetime ago, I was leading one out of five teams in a workplace. Four of the teams were fairly even in their proficiency, the fifth team was not doing very well. It was very obvious and that crew developed quite an inferiority complex. It was hard to cooperate with them, always an undertone of hostility and you had to choose your words carefully in order not to hurt any feelings. Then they found their niche: Safety issues! (We were actually working in high risk environment.) They might still be under-performing, but now they were also crusaders for this sacred cause. Woe to anybody, who they found making a mistake in these matters. With great mock sadness, they found themselves forced to write a report and forward it to the management about the shortcomings of their fellow co-workers. The excitement that they felt, when a big transgression was committed by a team member outside their group! And we let it go on, since we needed that team to do its part of the job and we felt somewhat sorry for them. Over time they caught up with the rest of us in skills and the commitment to safety issues went back to a more healthy level. So, will we see a similar development in "real life" or will the world blow up before this has a chance to take place.
