12-28-2016, 09:44 AM
(12-27-2016, 06:47 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: CNN is among those reporting Fights break out at malls across United States.
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The alternative might be worse. The country is now tense enough that a notable and wide spread wave of incidents can erupt spontaneously, driven purely on day after Christmas crowding?
I'm scratching my head. Anyone have any thoughts?
This is where my thinking is at ... no organization behind it, but the tension is continuing to be ratcheted up. The level of urgency in everything is escalating at unsustainable levels.
On a personal level I'm seeing it at work where every issue that previously would get assessed now must be resolved immediately, usually with no understanding of why. I've been in meetings with several senior leaders in my org & been the one to ask if a new issue really should pull resources away from other important things going on, resulting in getting looked at like I have suddenly grown horns out of the sides of my head.
The recent wave of celebrity deaths just add to the idea that boomer leaders, and to a lesser degree Xers who are new to positions of authority, only have a limited amount to time to make their mark, whatever that means.
Everyone is saying that 2016 sucked. I don't see any way that 2017 won't suck worse.
"But there's a difference between error and dishonesty, and it's not a trivial difference." - Ben Greenman
"Relax, it'll be all right, and by that I mean it will first get worse."
"How was I supposed to know that there'd be consequences for my actions?" - Gina Linetti
"Relax, it'll be all right, and by that I mean it will first get worse."
"How was I supposed to know that there'd be consequences for my actions?" - Gina Linetti