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3 stages of displacing blame: Lessons for students from Modi & Co on how to survive the corporate world
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There is a Twitter storm over what this right wing mad fellow, Rajiv Malhotra, really meant.
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There is a Twitter storm over what this right wing mad fellow, Rajiv Malhotra, really meant.
In response, he has projected death of his mother due to COVID, to explain how dispassionate he still is in calculating the damage caused by COVID. Usually such extreme right & left wing fellows are the most impulsive emotionals who outrage over any slight.
But if we study the pattern of response from the right wing ecosystem and how it works to deflect blame away from their political masters, we can learn a lot about survival in corporate world. Let's look at the weapons deployed to displace blame
(Note: Typically the first impulse is to distract e.g. last year they used SSR suicide successfully to distract people from migrant woes and mishandling of economy):
Opening stage of second wave: Blame it on people
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E.g. "People were lax & they flouted rules by not wearing masks etc.,"
It was pointed out later that the leaders themselves flouted rules. E.g. Amit Shah not wearing
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E.g. "People were lax & they flouted rules by not wearing masks etc.,"
It was pointed out later that the leaders themselves flouted rules. E.g. Amit Shah not wearing
masks and leaders allowing mass gathering. It took the might of people opinion to stop the latter phases of Bengal election rallies even as other parties went ahead and cancelled.
There is a benefit in blaming a diffused group. By blaming a crowd, no one is made accountable.
There is a benefit in blaming a diffused group. By blaming a crowd, no one is made accountable.
I remember my friend explaining how in a soft drink company, the first blame is put on the rain gods "Monsoon came early and so people stopped drinking cold drinks early!"
Middle stage 1: Blame it on others down the line to a vague system
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E.g. Blame the system or some structure in organisation. Since most structures are created using collective decisions, everyone gets blamed and so everyone escapes it as well.
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E.g. Blame the system or some structure in organisation. Since most structures are created using collective decisions, everyone gets blamed and so everyone escapes it as well.
As the death mounted due to Covid, the blame was put on "system."
For example, in soft drink business, after the rain god, the blame is usually transferred to a vague system which is usually run by the bottler management.
For example, in soft drink business, after the rain god, the blame is usually transferred to a vague system which is usually run by the bottler management.
The excuse could be "bottlers had cash crunch and were not willing to invest in logistics to grow delivery service quality and that affected market share even though we were most ready to pick up growth."
Middle stage 2: When accountability is demanded, push it on the weakest member to take blame
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Here the centre tried to blame it on the non BJP state govts (the weakest): As it became clear that people were dying of oxygen,
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Here the centre tried to blame it on the non BJP state govts (the weakest): As it became clear that people were dying of oxygen,
a major effort was mounted to blame it on states especially those not run by BJP.
All sorts of documents were retrieved to prove how money was sanctioned from PM Cares fund to put up oxygen plant or why states are not putting logistics in place to deliver oxygen to each hospital.
All sorts of documents were retrieved to prove how money was sanctioned from PM Cares fund to put up oxygen plant or why states are not putting logistics in place to deliver oxygen to each hospital.
In soft drink business too, the blame would be put on sales team of bottlers for their weak incentive/motivation systems or on Trade marketing team for not providing right BTL schemes/budgeting. The blame would rarely be taken by management, marketing or sales heads.
End stage: Accept blame but get philosophical about life (we all make mistakes!)
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I believe we have reached that stage and so bhakts are mounting these defences:
A. We all have to pay for our karma. What God wills we have to accept
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I believe we have reached that stage and so bhakts are mounting these defences:
A. We all have to pay for our karma. What God wills we have to accept
B. Our death per population is still very low compared to west (never mind the countries in vicinity are doing better than us)
C. Lastly, the affected will at best be 1%. i.e. 1-1.3 cr which is really a small number that a big country like ours can take it.
C. Lastly, the affected will at best be 1%. i.e. 1-1.3 cr which is really a small number that a big country like ours can take it.
What's now left to save Modi ji is to recite the Bhagwat Gita Sloka on the immutable soul (Chapter 2, Verse 20):
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि
नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूय: |
अजो नित्य: शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि
नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूय: |
अजो नित्य: शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे
Translation: The soul is neither born, nor does it ever die; nor having once existed, does it ever cease to be. The soul is without birth, eternal, immortal, and ageless. It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.
