MOTS: An Impediment to LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

MOTS  is a pejorative acronym which is used in corporate circle and business world for leadership failure. It stands for More Of The Same (MOTS). But this phenomenon is not just restricted with the world of commerce but do exist in our common social context as well. MOTS happens when we touch things on daily basis but do not feel them. MOTS happens when we talk a ton but communicate very little. Or, when we look again and again but fail to see. MOTS also happens when we live in the same house with our near and dear ones and still we are not courageous enough to have an honest interaction with them.  MOTS occurs also when we write elaborate letters & memos, but fail to get our message across.

So, what’s holding us back??

All these above mentioned instances are just “MORE” manifestation of the “SAME” phenomenon, and that phenomenon is SUPERFICIALITY. We are bound to perform a superficial behavior in our all kinds of interaction as long as we are being governed by readymade concepts of Life and all the expressions of life through which human beings actualize their potential. These expressions can find a millions of ways like science ,literature, engineering, business, commerce, art, technology and many more, whatever we could think of.

The fact of the matter is that the Human dynamism can’t be manipulated or treated like a machine. It can’t be programmed like a computer which is designed to provide a predefined output. We are designed to give outcome, which is a conscious affair, not for the monotonous output. Human beings are CREATED as The Most Sophisticated Creature on this planet, not CONSTRUCTED- that is why we love to create our own reality by default. In short, freedom is the innate nature of human beings which continuously fuels up to know the unknown, to see the unseen and whenever that will be tried to be curbed , an inherent opposition is obvious. We are the ones who are applying both the accelerator and brake at same time which will result only in the loss of fuel, loss of energy, loss of power, wear and tear of tyres and engine. And the same phenomenon holds good with us as well.

Motion is a mechanical phenomenon but misconstrued as Action most of the times. It  is another form of inertia and so there is a perfunctory student who waits to end those 50 minutes of his lecture session or the burnt out executive who  is waiting for weekends to come to unwind himself. Both of them has become the victim of acute motion sickness. If the action does not have the synchronization with our being, we are bound to sleepwalk through just the motion of our being.

Motion is all about speed and Action is just a rhythm which is nothing but a complete involvement with everything, irrespectively. True leaders do not care so much about speed; they are just attentive to rhythm. A marathon runner does not run at the same speed throughout the race. A leading runner attunes to a natural rhythm that facilitates him to actualize his entire capacity to run. The ancients had come to the experiential conclusion that all the rhythms of this world were integral to this one cosmic rhythm which encompasses the source of all intelligence.

Leaders recognize rhythm to be a law of life. We live our days in a natural rhythm of rest and activity. Corporations move in the rhythm of conquest and consolidation, acquisitions and mergers of market share. There is rise and fall in prices and values. The only way to evolve in life is to be ready to embrace both the so called highs and lows that come through life with same level of acceptance. Leaders are neither blinded by speed nor trapped by the mental or social model of success.

Success is nothing but the courage to take on the journey what you have faith in. Being an organization/entity/company, we need not waste our energy and resources in estimating the future of the industry. We should not view future as a predestined fate, but as an infinite series of opportunities and possibilities. What is indispensable to succeed in the middle of this ambivalence is “Contemporary Intelligence”. In order to deal with the Contemporary Issues, we need to develop contemporary intelligence. Contemporary Intelligence is the only real Intelligence which facilitates adaptability and teaches constant preparedness. Contemporary Intelligence is always there within all of us, we just need to allow that to surface.  It acknowledges the fact that the nothing succeeds quite as planned model and this fact is being manifested in the practices of all leading corporations across the globe.

This amazing story tells how Contemporary Intelligence operates in real world:

Two colleagues of a multinational company, one Korean and another American, were getting prepared to jog close to woods. The American saw that the Korean was in great haste to tie his shoe laces. Being baffled by the Korean’s bustle, he wondered, why are you so much in rush? Without saying a word, the Korean pointed out to a bush behind them. There the American was horrified to see a tiger advancing towards them. In a frenzied voice the American asked, “What’s the use of tying your shoelaces now? You can’t run faster than tiger! Korean replied, “I just need to run faster than you.” Then, without wasting a moment, he began to run.

JUST LIVE THE LIFE WITH THE OPEN EYES

NOT THE CONCEPTS OF LIFE WITH THE COLOURED GLASSES