Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World by Graham Allison;Robert D. Blackwill;Ali Wyne

Author:Graham Allison;Robert D. Blackwill;Ali Wyne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-02-09T10:33:00+00:00

Where do you produce your entrepreneurs from? Out of a top hat? ... There is a dearth of entrepreneurial talent in Singapore.... We have to start experimenting. The easy things-just getting a blank mind to take in knowledge and become trainable-we have done. Now comes the difficult part. To get literate and numerate minds to be more innovative, to be more productive, is not easy. It requires a mindset change, a different set of values.21

Habits that make for high productivity in workers are the result of the values implanted in them at home, in school, and at the workplace. These values must be reinforced by the attitudes of society. Once established, like a language a society speaks, the habits tend to become a self-reproducing, self-perpetuating cycle. . . . I am astonished to find ... that 55% of our workers still admit to the fear of being disliked by fellow workers for doing their job well. As long as this attitude persists, higher performance will be discouraged by the prevailing standards of mediocre workers. Better workers will refrain from becoming pace-setters. This attitude is negative. Singaporeans must understand that their group interests will be advanced if each worker strives to achieve his best, and thus encourages his peers to do better, by his example. There is no better way than the personal example of managers and grassroots leaders to bring about this change of attitudes and values. Old-fashioned notions that managers are out to exploit workers are irrelevant in today's industrial climate. Equally outmoded also are management views that trade unionists are troublemakers. These are mindsets of the past. They are stereotypes to be banished if we are to build up relationships of confidence and cooperation between management, unionists, and workers.21

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