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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Inutile? (Useless?)

(For non-AIESEC people who are not interested, don't bother reading this particular posr, it's all about AIESEC)

All of a sudden I feel rather useless.

Let me explain.

For the last 3 years in the organisation I have spent a lot of time thinking about how it runs, and come up with some very specific ideas on how it should be improved. I was never any good at making them a reality, because that's who I was, but they were very good ideas. Some of it was new, but most of it was a mix of international ideas, heavily pushed in Australia.

Now, all of a sudden, all these ideas have come true. PBoXes, mass marketing during recruitment, issues-based induction, Indian-style selection, etc. are ideas that have seized the Member Committee Mindset. I don't know if I had any role in this, you would have to look into the physical laws of causation to determine this, but all of a sudden it has left me feeling very USELESS.

The organisation now needs people who are going to drive these changes and make them a reality. That is not me, or at least that's how I've stereotyped myself. I can provide unlimited new ideas, but is that even needed anymore? I feel that once AIESEC Australia finishes this internal change process it has embarked upon, it will be near-perfect internally - from then on, it is merely a question of growth and activity. No massive ideas revolutions needed, especially on internal practices (which is my area of speciality).

I certainly don't feel a need to run for MCP anymore, and I am even questioning whether I should run for the MC. The organisation has certainly taken a step for the better, and perhaps I am part of the old, unselected generation, and should be left in the past accordingly.

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