Mark Cuban On The Katrina Aftermath
I just read Mark Cuban’s thoughts on some of the processes in use by some of the relief organizations.
He make’s some good points in his post, which you can read by clicking HERE.
I’d like to say that I’m glad that the organizations are there and I think they are doing a helluva job. Were I in the middle of this horrific event, I’m sure I’d be glad to have ANY help. Whether that help is as good as it could have been really would not matter to me. I’d take any help, good, bad or indifferent, over NO help.
There has got to be better ways for us to get help to those in need. Those that are there are doing all they can, but the processes that they are stuck with seem to be less than best. We can do better next time. I’m sure we have a lot of fat in the management of most of those organizations and for us to do a better job next time, we need to trim it. We need people in place that have been there and done that. We need to have more checks of the processes and spend less time on making sure we have pretty marketing campaigns, promo materials and commercials.
Simply, we need do’ers and not tellers.
Our society is starting to be overran by academics and there are far too few of those that can actually show you how to get it done.
I first noticed this during high school. I had a teacher for my first Mass Communications class that had never bought a newspaper, much less worked for one. Far too few of our educators have never been outside of a classroom, except for waiting tables during college. During my 6 years of service in the US Army, I saw way too many officers that had zero experience in the field and way too much classroom time. And in the 18 years since I got out, I have seen way too much of it in the business world.
We need for those that are in leadership positions to place more value on real world, gettin’ it done experience and less emphasis on pretty resume’s.
Especially in a situation that will be ( somebody’s ) life or death.
Simple solutions to problems are going to stand up to the heat better than pretty resume’s, college classes or last names.
May God bless those that are in need during this horrible event’s cleanup and may He bless those that are doing all they can to help those in need.
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