Your Head

I am a big believer in Institution Building. One of the reasons for the stretching of the pay scale from those on the bottom to the top is that human excellence gets institutionalised. Those at the bottom are paid their cog value (how much it would cost to replace them). Those at the top divide up what is created. I am a Yoga Teacher. In training, and under supervision, I was often reminded not to let students experience of Yoga go to my head. If they love the class, they may give me all the credit. It’s not me. It’s the Yoga. Yes, I played a role. The same is true in big institutions. Decision makers at the top will credit themselves with the full “marginal impact” of their actions. They will justify huge salaries as meritocracy. “What would have happened if I hadn’t done that?”. What they don’t do is say, “What would have happened if the Institution wasn’t behind me?”. We build on what came before. We build together. Every single individual is replaceable if you are thinking in transactional terms.