Committees

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There is a saying that when a committee would set out to design a horse, what you would end up with is a camel. And I am not saying that a camel isn’t a beautiful animal. But is is a far cry from a horse...

The saying touches on pretty much any work done in a committee, especially when a committee operates from the perspective that there needs to be full consensus as to how to proceed with the project at hand.
However, the other extreme is true also... When a committee advices a person, group, or even a government and nothing is done with the advice ~ the committee is equally ineffective.

It is a situation that seems to come to the surface more and more in the energy of this point in time. On one hand it is clear that just relying on our own knowledge, capabilities and perhaps even awareness is not enough to cope with everything that is happening (or to get anything done). On the other hand, as soon as a committee gets involved it seems that the process of resolving the situation grinds to a halt. Certainly when there is a lack of leadership. When no-one is willing to make the ~ sometimes hard ~ decisions, guaranteeing a position of perpetual stagnation.

All of this doesn’t mean that committees can’t work. Especially in the energy of today it is more and more possible to indeed design a horse in a committee ~ and a race horse at that!
What is needed to do so is:

• A modern-day-leader who is respectful to not only the task at hand and those directly involved in the process of getting it done, yet also to the people it is done for ~ the public or audience.
• A modern-day-leader who is not afraid to ask for help when he or she needs it, and still is willing to step up and make the hard decisions that need to be made.
• A modern-day-leader who gives clear directions as to what is expected from every person in the committee and what the outcome should look like, and who moves forward to accomplish the overall goals.

And while the ultimate decisions are still with the modern-day-leader, the committee now can work as a well oiled machine. Without the leader or any of its members getting to be overwhelmed by the task at hand, or lost in the details of what needs to be done...

In this day and age, I believe a committee indeed can design a race horse!
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