Yogakshemam 100724
Systems to culture
Rythu Sadhikara Samstha RySS-implemented Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF), arguably the world’s largest agroecology transformation programme, has been nominated for Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2024. The award ceremony is scheduled on 11 July at Lisbon City, Portugal. The jury chaired by Dr Angela Merkel would announce the winner(s) in the presence of the President of Portugal, from amongst 181 nominations across the world. The jury includes India’s Sunita Narain.
Prof Valleru Jayasimhulu Naidu, VJ Naidu, 76, rests. Sadgati. An economist, MEL guru for many professionals. I met him first in 1998/99. Willy-Nilly, we spent more than two decades together in our MEL ‘efforts’ and tasks. Result Frameworks, Measurable Indicator Matrices, Means of Verification, Outcomes, Budgets, and Analyses. Process Monitoring. Baseline, midline, and endline. Writeshops. Writing proposals. Preliminary and detailed Project reports. Project Implementation Plans. Community Operational Manuals. Writing summaries, making presentations. Making meanings out of the ‘reports’, and so on. In state, central governments, World Bank and UN organizations. I miss a Guru, colleague, and friend.
Many of us fail to meet timelines, deadlines. We miss them, We take longer, not even 2x, but nx. Punctuality is not in our DNA, personality. Maybe it is a psychological, neurological condition in some cases. Many a time, it is a struggle with time management, disorganization et al. They commit more tasks, fitting in too much into a day. They allocate less time to tasks. Their time estimation might be wrong, more often. They do not ask others to chip in. Even if they ask others, they do not brief them well. In fact, they may not choose these people rightly. Maybe right people, for wrong ends, and wrong purposes. Then, they may not outline, articulate the expectations clearly. They do not build their capacities, if required. They may just order, and may not coach/train. They do not remain available for handholding and troubleshooting. Maybe they are going through stress, anxiety. Maybe they are rebellious, or plain casual, callous, or not really interested. Maybe they like to over-prepare, or aim for higher quality consciousness, and perfectionism.
Can we say when our cups/plates are full, 80% full? Can we stretch, can we let our teams stretch? Can we focus on priority tasks, choosing only the doable in the time we have? Can we have to-do lists? Can we plan ahead, and be ready a day early at least? Can we have plan B et al? Can we have teams prepared for future eventualities, uncertainties? Can we prepare to face and cope with the chaotic events happening around us? Can we have some order, system(s), protocols, and discipline for these anticipated events? Can we follow, comply with these systems? Can we adhere to the values, non-negotiables, and norms for these systems? Can we let our teams, organizations, and communities adhere to these? Can we have sanctions, graduated sanctions if these are not followed? Extraordinary compliances may get incentives, and horrible deviations may get severe punishments. Graduated incentives and punishments, in between.
Can we incentivise ourselves or punish ourselves on our own? Can we take these into our culture? Our DNA? Can we?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, if we co-flow, co-live. In N? sanskrtiyoga for 7L.
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