‘Dynamics!’
That’s a word that warrants an exclamation point… it’s such a powerful-sounding word.
It’s defined, sometimes, as “forces and motions that characterize a system.”
There surely are a whole lot of systems, around, constantly influencing and shaping things.
Forces and motions come into play when, often, only one, or two, or just a few folks at the top, in businesses and organizations, come up with them, and then foist them upon many others.
Let’s call that ‘influential dynamics.’
Listening to the Congressional Committee hearings on the events of January 6th, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington DC, ‘influential dynamics’ might come to mind.
Did a former president’s management style influence planning, actions and outcomes that still are being sorted through… and sorted out?
Books probably could be written about influential dynamics. About their role in the scheme of things.
They can generate positive results when only one, or a few, individuals at the top happen to know – shall we say? — what they’re doing? Those who don’t exactly know what they’re doing, often cause folks they oversee to spin their wheels. To be reticent in making decisions, and voicing ideas or concerns.
Time gets squandered. Things break down.
Which gets me thinking about something I read in the business technology news website, ZDNet, “that perhaps the most important element to making an employee happy at work is giving them time to, well, actually work.”
And also, I might add to that, giving folks at work, and in government, and such, opportunities to voice ideas and concerns, without having to constantly worry, if they choose to express themselves.
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.