When maxims max out - a primer for "I3 Foundry"
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The document discusses the challenges of optimism and entrepreneurial spirit in a world filled with despair and disillusionment. It emphasizes the importance of hope, creativity, and a proactive approach to opportunities despite societal and economic pressures. The 'i3 foundry' framework for promoting entrepreneurship is introduced as a response to these challenges, encouraging innovation and constructive engagement in the face of adversity.
When maxims max out - a primer for "I3 Foundry"
- 1. When maxims max out and the road ahead looks dreary - what next? Let us start by revisiting a few of the timeless aphorisms first, shall we? Good ultimately prevails and Sun continues to shine… So, believe in the goodness of self, fellowship, colleagues and peers, communities and nations, world at large and ultimately the nature and it’s innate abundance… Against persistent nay-say, widening moat of anxiety, higher-walls of despair, tempting isolation, believe in the virtue of hope, promise of possibilities, power of creative-construct… Learn from the past, work on today and invest in the future… Live a life of delight, trusteeship, camaraderie, give and purpose; a life of wholesomeness anchored in love, protected by truth; a finite life of infinite joy… Introducing “I3 Foundry” Ideate, Innovate, Improvise - a framework for promoting entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises The Context: Seesawing between the conundrums of expectations and reality, over time, every maxim maxes-out, driven by the continuing mismatch between logical but complex-nature and vagaries of human-DNA, rational vs. irrational, the substratum of behavioral economics… Yes, some “isms” return to vogue and some do not, but then tempting as it might be, only the reckless dare to forecast! …evidenced from history, responses have always varied to this fact of life: • some go through dismay or disbelief, go numb and risk ending up amongst the casualty… • some go into argumentative charades, and on to futile blame games… • some exert to extend the inevitable and expend precious “entrusted” resources … • and so it goes on… • then some, stoically deal with the reality as “here and now”; embrace the inevitable with curiosity, deliberately apply the known, dig into creativity with enthusiasm and energy, and focus on the unfolding opportunities using a combination of insightful and strategic retreats and pushes, joyously negotiating the road or life ahead…
- 2. Which one would you choose? So these days, it looks as though… • prescriptive, pay-to-play and selective democracy seem to be fatigued, a cause célèbre of consternation ... • mindless-consumption and accompanying-debt-ordained growth doctrine, the capitalism of unscrupulous-remorseless-aggrandized variety; where amebic self-good is insistently touted as greater-good, where risks and losses are routinely socialized amongst simpleton-non- actors, carnage ascribed to collateral damage and the impending impost deferred to future generations is on life-support, ailing from growing value debasement and trust decay, yet, continues to insist on it’s incorruptible virtues! • selective globalization of “beggar-thy-fellow-human” and “use and walkaway” kind is on parole, resented for escalating marginalization, spiraling disfranchise, desolate helplessness and widening gini- coefficient, a recipe for eventual hopelessness… Come to think of it, all the above are interrelated and influence one another! “Loss of Hope” is the ultimate regress inflicted on the trusting and vulnerable by the self-serving and self-righteous or responsible but unimaginative or complacent… Future is in accepting the inevitable, focusing on the potential and charging with the possible… If I still have your attention, invoked your curiosity; then please allow me to introduce a concept of creative construct “I3 Foundry - a meritocratic- framework for promoting entrepreneurship, to foster enterprises”, imagineered within the inspirational biblical canon of: “Seek AND You Shall Find”… I will share the synopsis of I3 Foundry framework soon… Please do let me know of your thoughts Sincere Regards, Satya Chari Schari13@gmail.com