Asking Questions

In the film Equilibrium (2002), John Preston (Christian Bale) is the best enforcement officer. The best “cleric”. In a future world that outlaws feelings and artistic expression, to maintain the peace. A fight with the second best isn’t even a fight. A play on 1984, Father is the leader. Except he isn’t. He is just a story that is maintained even after the original Father’s death. Businesses, like Father, are legal people. We speak of them using human words. We anthropomorphize. A merger occurs when two separate entities join to form a new one. An Acquisition is when one company becomes part of another. Time passes. Colleagues leave. Management changes. The nature of business changes. Nokia was founded as a Pulp Mill in 1865. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway started as a textile manufacturing company in 1839. Institutions change. They are there to serve us, not the other way around. When Preston skipped a dose of emotion suppressant, he started asking questions. And as the best, did something about it. Always ask questions.