ML2: Elista Reborn
Life for millions of chessplayers today has taken on a rosier hue. The headline says it all: Toilet settlement reached, Appeals Committee resigns. This post is a sequel to Mismanagement Lessons (now christened 'ML1').
In that post, I suggested four lessons that management should understand when handling a problem. The resolution so far indicates two further lessons:
1) Be open - yes, maintaining free flow and access is exactly what controllers fear; however, it reaps dividends. In the case of Elista 2006, the management agreed to allow full access to toilets, but with the proviso that either side can be allowed under the right circumstances a thorough inspection of the other's facilities.
2) Be responsible - the Appeals Committee has resigned voluntarily. They have taken responsibility for their apparently somewhat ill-advised action and stepped down. The FIDE President will carry out whatever remaining functions they might have until such time as a new one is appointed.
Such things don't happen often in corporate life. This is because corporate life is not as open to the public as international competition in which each player is an intelligent professional. While players might be unwise, venal, uncooperative, sociopathic and so on, they are also both intelligent and professional. Negotiation can occur; force is unlikely to win the day without clever diplomacy.
The last time such a tempest erupted in the world of chess, Kasparov broke off from FIDE with several other intelligent professionals, creating the schism which is at the heart of this championship match. We hope for healing in a world otherwise riven with worse forms of strife.
In that post, I suggested four lessons that management should understand when handling a problem. The resolution so far indicates two further lessons:
1) Be open - yes, maintaining free flow and access is exactly what controllers fear; however, it reaps dividends. In the case of Elista 2006, the management agreed to allow full access to toilets, but with the proviso that either side can be allowed under the right circumstances a thorough inspection of the other's facilities.
2) Be responsible - the Appeals Committee has resigned voluntarily. They have taken responsibility for their apparently somewhat ill-advised action and stepped down. The FIDE President will carry out whatever remaining functions they might have until such time as a new one is appointed.
Such things don't happen often in corporate life. This is because corporate life is not as open to the public as international competition in which each player is an intelligent professional. While players might be unwise, venal, uncooperative, sociopathic and so on, they are also both intelligent and professional. Negotiation can occur; force is unlikely to win the day without clever diplomacy.
The last time such a tempest erupted in the world of chess, Kasparov broke off from FIDE with several other intelligent professionals, creating the schism which is at the heart of this championship match. We hope for healing in a world otherwise riven with worse forms of strife.
etched with acid at 11:02:00 pm
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