A economia não é homogénea!

"Vendas de materiais de construção caem quase 50 por cento homólogos no primeiro trimestre"
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Ou seja, os parabéns ainda são mais merecidos!!!
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Exemplos concretos da diversidade que existe dentro de um mesmo sector de actividade.
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A diversidade é danada! Como torna a modelação do fenómeno económico muito difícil, os macro-economistas optam por trabalhar com médias.
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Depois, todo o mundo olha para os números e pensa na realidade como um todo homogéneo.
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A solução, o truque para dar a volta, está precisamente na diversidade, no que a diversidade revela e a média esconde.
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E quem é que se apercebe da diversidade? E quem é que mergulha na diversidade?
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Não, não são os académicos, nem os ministros... e voltamos a D. Quixote:
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"Don Quixote defies ordinary conceptions of reality. He asks whether it is better to accept reality or to invent it, why should we not believe in Dulcinea and in a more beautiful world. Don Quixote’s “madness” therefore consists of living in a world that he has created rather than in the one others experience and of not caring about the consequences of his action." (Moi ici: isto é mesmo poesia)
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Quem está de fora, perdido no meio das média não vê alternativa, acha que D. Quixote é maluco... mas há sempre uma alternativa à espera de ser criada.
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"On the other hand, reality can be created by action. It need not necessarily be taken as given. This extends to the discourse of a leader: Dulcinea is created by Don Quixote’s imagination. Reality is in part a social construction, and interpretation plays an important role in this construction.
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Don Quixote teaches us that the meaning of life is neither given to us in advance nor discovered, but affirmed by an act of will."
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Quem está de fora e vive num mundo de certezas não tem pistas, quem está por dentro é movido pela esperança de uma alternativa e pela curiosidade

Faço a pergunta: E se aumentasse o preço dos seus produtos?

Scott Mckain pergunta "WHAT IF YOU RAISED YOUR PRICE?"
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Uma resposta positiva passa por seguir uma religião minoritária, passa por seguir o caminho menos percorrido, passa por:

• Seguir o Evangelho do Valor;
• Um encontro na Estrada de Damasco;
• Começar a ver o mundo de uma forma diferente.

E assim chegamos ao texto de March sobre D. Quixote ser um visionário. 

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"Don Quixote defies ordinary conceptions of reality. He asks whether it is better to accept reality or to invent it, why should we not believe in Dulcinea and in a more beautiful world. (Moi ici: Criar um mundo onde se dependa mais da capacidade de criar valor, do que dos humores da concorrência) Don Quixote’s “madness” therefore consists of living in a world that he has created rather than in the one others experience and of not caring about the consequences of his action. (Moi ici: Privilégio de quem tem o locus de controlo no interior, de quem não precisa de fazer parte da maioria para se sentir integrado e protegido)
The logic of reality entails two aspects of relevance to a leader. On one hand, reality is complex and our knowledge of it is limited, so we are not sure whether a particular action will achieve our desired goal. This awareness can lead to paralysis (what is the point of doing anything if the results depend on chance?) or cynicism (what is the point of fighting for a better world if we are not certain of the effect of our actions?). On the other hand, reality can be created by action. (Moi ici: Se os media, todos os dias são povoados e servem de megafones para todos os desgraçados deste país, para todos os problemas deste país, então, criam uma realidade em que só existem desgraçados e problemas. Ninguém conhece os oásis escondidos, autênticos "Tzadikim Nistarim", ou como chama Hermann Simon "campeões Escondidos" que suportam este país, que dão emprego a milhares e milhares de pessoas e que não precisam do Estado para continuarem a prosperar. Sem referências de sucesso... não há exemplo. Por isso é que cada vez mais gosto desta revista)  It need not necessarily be taken as given. This extends to the discourse of a leader: Dulcinea is created by Don Quixote’s imagination. Reality is in part a social construction, and interpretation plays an important role in this construction."  (Moi ici: Não apelo ao cor-de-rosismo bacoco, não apelo à catequese de slogans. Convido ao exemplo de quem faz o by-pass ao país e de quem aposta, mesmo no mercado interno, na criação de valor e não na guerra do preço.)

Um visionário

James March em "On Leadership" acerca de Don Quixote:
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"We must be able to dissociate the vision from the person and consider that a visionary sees something before other people do, but is possessed by his or her vision more than he or she possesses it. The vision is then passed on to other converts.
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How can we encourage the appearance of visions capable of transforming the course of history?
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It is unfortunate that studies of visionary leadership focus too much on the lone leader and not enough on the way that he or she can maintain a climate propitious to the blossoming of original visions. Vision will generally only be a motor of change if it can be shared by at least a few people
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Visions are something akin to poetic activity. The poet draws on reality and imagination, using language to evoke new meanings. Visionary, or poetic, leadership recognizes that life mixes different levels of reality, and leaders act without fully understanding the reasons for it, discovering the meaning of an action through the action itself.
Don Quixote is a visionary. He creates a world in which he rights wrongs and, like Saint Joan, draws other people into the fantasy that he has fashioned.
That fantasy does not aspire to an ideal social order, but rather to a proper life of beauty and harmony. The need for an arbitrary creation of beauty is exemplified by Quixote’s love of Dulcinea, whose attributes are manufactured by his imagination. He invites others to picture her as he pictures her, not because his portrayal is objectively accurate but because he (and they) choose to believe her so.
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Don Quixote defies ordinary conceptions of reality. He asks whether it is better to accept reality or to invent it, why should we not believe in Dulcinea and in a more beautiful world. Don Quixote’s “madness” therefore consists of living in a world that he has created rather than in the one others experience and of not caring about the consequences of his action.
The logic of reality entails two aspects of relevance to a leader. On one hand, reality is complex and our knowledge of it is limited, so we are not sure whether a particular action will achieve our desired goal. This awareness can lead to paralysis (what is the point of doing anything if the results depend on chance?) or cynicism (what is the point of fighting for a better world if we are not certain of the effect of our actions?). On the other hand, reality can be created by action. It need not necessarily be taken as given. This extends to the discourse of a leader: Dulcinea is created by Don Quixote’s imagination. Reality is in part a social construction, and interpretation plays an important role in this construction.
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Don Quixote teaches us that the meaning of life is neither given to us in advance nor discovered, but affirmed by an act of will."