Technology As Innovator

“An anarchic, messy, snobbish herd!”

Many times I’ve heard complaints from college students, especially those on their internship about their employers, bosses and co-workers. The complaints are about them (the working people) not being as professional, process-compliant, collaborative, positive, forward-thinking as what is described in text books. The students and fresh graduates are so frustrated that they either go for higher education or form their own group of interest for self-employment.

Before going on, I’d like to explain ‘the perfect world’. Most text books are written with reference to the operation of world’s top firms. Coca-Cola, Microsoft, NASA… Text books describe these enterprises’ operation, try to explain their essence, have case studies around them. Why? Because they are the best and are the models. Do you know who work in there? The genies who move Mount Fuji.

Let’s get back to the story above. The fact is, the employers have gone through a quasi-similar educational system. They are fully aware of ‘the perfect world’. Why they choose to behave differently is because of the C-o-n-t-e-x-t. It would cost them all their arms and legs if they buy all the process, infrastructure, management system from world’s top and ‘standard’ firms. It would be a delirium if their hire all people who think forward, say positive, know how to collaborate, comply with process and act professionally. It’s about business, about making money, about ensuring that the price of the product remains competitive while meeting satisfactory levels of quality. They do know what they are doing.

You can do it better. Oh yes, you can.

“A flock of horsy brats!”

Even more often I’ve seen sneers from more experienced white-collars towards the naive youngsters. Yes, it’s good that they’re experienced enough to understand all the constraints of the industry and tricks of the environment, in order to act in a way of cost-saving, effort-optimizing, price-competing. The perfect world just doesn’t exist anyway.

It’s right at this point that they are trapped within their own self-limitation. The perfect world is right there, visualized via the Coke we’re drinking, the Windows version we’re playing at, the bank from where we beside with joy from; or can even be the invisible but tremendously powerful cash flow that determines our career paths. Their aspiration has been buried under their self-made constraints. They’re happy with the current state that they have lost the will to fight – fight against one’s self – for more organized management, more mature process, more glamorous branding, more natural way of charging ten times more from Rockefellers.

Experience gives a lot, but it also silently takes lots away.

Utopia is there, for those who dare to aspire and know how to reach.

Hi team,

Work really drives me out of RMIT. Phew, time flies and I always have to be dashing to catch up with her. I believe Na and anh Toan are even busier with their occupation schedule.

However, my commitment, loyalty and ardor to BC haven’t been chipped.

From me

I just chat with Chau when she’s already been in Aus. Congrats again Chau! Go and bring back the experience of the ‘outer well’ to your career, to teach us, to empower RMIT community and to strengthen BC.

I phoned Ngan to get updated of the club and other clubs. That just made me more thirsty for fractional interactions like I always had had.

to You

Congratulations to our success so far. We have been the only student club in Vietnam to be published internationally - it was Dress for Success that earned this honor. We are the most illustrious club in newspapers - 6 articles for Western Fine Dining, nearly 10 for Dress for Success and nearly 20 for Grand Charity Series I. We are the club with best reputation in RMIT. I’ve talked to many alumni and the only club they remember is Business Club - well, I guess mostly because they always see me under my BC cap.

Our members won the top 4 Student Leadership Awards in 2006: Na, Thu, Ha and Tai.

I strongly believe that the 3rd generation will be even more successful. Please keep moving forward with your dynamic creativeness and resourcefulness.

Best of luck with Team Apprentice, Team Buildings, Merchandise program and other grand projects.

Best wishes to our beloved members.

Tai

In life, there are not only ‘to-be’s and ‘not-to-be’s, there are also ‘to-be-not’s.

Be not nobody!