Forging Consensus

A diverse set of skills are needed on the road to successfully accomplish any ongoing business or schedule project mission. Molding an idea into an actionable strategic plan, involves bringing together suitable professional individuals and forming them into a focused team, organizing efficient working meetings that take various point of views and forge consensus. Outlining the plan, starts with a clear, attainable and measureable mission statement whether self-serving or altruistic (serving many), divided into several goals and objectives and further scheduled into tasks with assignees sorted by dependency.

Free Thinkers

It is societal issues, identifying problems and choosing solutions, that drives free thinkers not personalities, political parties, financial rewards or any other allegiances. This is the demographic politicians do not like and labeled swing voters. Independents; whose only thought is on securing a better future and vote on the issues. Security, education and healthcare, which are funded by taxpayers, whose jobs and business are dependent on growth in the economy.

Security, including well monitored social assistance and make work programs to help reduce poverty and petty crime combined with training in the discipline of choice, adequately funded with highly trained staff and well maintained and supplied police stations, court houses and prisons, driven by crime prevention techniques, strong laws and penalties, speedy detection and justice, a reconciliation philosophy and parole back into society. A well funded strategic plan to reduce crime, calls for policy decisions that strengthen on numerous fronts while reducing waste and corruption, is needed.

Trust

It is Not trust that binds a relationship but mutual benefits. Hope that goals and objectives will be realized and shared. Fear that bad things may happen. Rules that restrict or guide actions enforced under penalty of law. Kindness that leads to improved social development.

Hope is comfort for a fool. Many organizations, religious, political, business and criminal, use hope to bind members and members in turn find solace in that belief. This common belief system has its roots in basic survival, shared risks and rewards, tribal thinking that if one member of the group is successful, the success will be shared. Hence the fool, for this goes against basic human nature. Analogies, such as, greed is good and power corrupts, teaches that those that attain leadership, do so on the backs of the vulnerable, must cut off the preceding leader’s head and constantly guard their own head. This message of hope must from time to time result in some benefit trickling down, if simply, to attract new members and sustain the organization.

Money Migration

As many developed nations grapple with immigration issues, trying to protect their own social security and healthcare programs, underdeveloped nations are being targeted as financial engines of growth. From the sale of infrastructural works by specialty engineering firms to support services involving high technical equipment, development is good business offering high returns. Funded by inter and multi-national agencies, pooling money from donor countries under the premise that by developing a poorer country it will reduce illegal immigration from, and increase trade with, that particular country, to lay the necessary foundation for economic stability.

Cash Rich, Income Poor

So you saved, inherited, profited from the sale of assets or won money, what’s next? Firstly, you need to understand that having a large cash position can be as bad as having no cash. Secondly, finding a home for your cash is not as simple as just buying things, things you purchase must give you a return that you personally need or want. Finally, your fortune must be shared to further develop your family, your community, your country, a relevant sector and the world.