{"id":8051,"date":"2010-09-16T13:06:42","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T12:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=8051"},"modified":"2010-09-16T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T12:16:51","slug":"the-united-states-of-stagnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/business-news\/the-united-states-of-stagnation\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States of Stagnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Post by Richard Harmer Brady Media Group<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>America is being held back by RED TAPE, not creators or innovators!! We have LOTS of those! Too bad the best of the creators and inventors work for major corporations! Why? Has anyone bothered to ask\u2026 Why the hell is it so complicated for a low level employee to get an idea across in a major organization or company?! Even if the idea could cure cancer, forget about it!! The \u201cRIGHT\u201d people didn\u2019t come up with the idea! The people at the \u201ctop\u201d MUST protect their own jobs AT ALL COST!! So here comes the red tape\u2026or \u201cbrick wall\u201d I like to say. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s absolutely crazy to think, we as a nation will grow if the creators can\u2019t create and the inventors cant invent, that\u2019s how we got here!! That\u2019s also why I don\u2019t work in the \u201ccorporate\u201d world, I\u2019M SMART ENOUGH NOT TOO!! Kind of the same reason why the good politicians shouldn\u2019t be in politics; They can be highly affective if they don\u2019t have their mouth ducked taped by the people that put them in the office to begin with! This country is so filled with the \u201cgood ole boy\u201d network that stagnation has set in! Look around! This is \u201cThe United States of Stagnation!\u201d <\/p>\n

To ALL businesses: If it\u2019s NOT working, STOP doing it!!! I don\u2019t care how long \u201cit\u2019s\u201d been \u201cthat\u201d way, CHANGE IT! Many times I get, \u201cRichard, it\u2019s complicated.\u201d I say, \u201cSIMPLIFY IT!\u201d Lack of innovation starts with complexity, not the complexity for the innovation itself, but the complexity to get the innovation in front of others. <\/p>\n

Complexity starts with red tape and red tape is created by idiots that are protecting their money and jobs. If innovators and creators see the \u201cbrick wall\u201d (red tape) ahead, why would they bother to invent or create?! Look at Blockbuster\u2026What the %$#@ are they doing?! They don\u2019t have a \u201cbusiness\u201d problem they have a \u201cperception\u201d problem, which creates their business problem. Those at the top are too arrogant and the systems in place are too complex to make a change noticeable to the public so the perception can change. I\u2019m sure they have their \u201cinternal\u201d changes, but do YOU see it?! I don\u2019t! They\u2019ll have to shake it up quite a bit if they want to survive. Move everyone from the center of the table to edge of the table so the creators can create and change can happen, so it can be seen. <\/p>\n

America faces a tremendous problem if it can\u2019t create, but we, as a nation, created the problem. It\u2019s time for us to un-create it. Make it simple again so we can adjust for change and be innovative. Maybe then we can figure out health care, education, the economy, terrorism and all the other issues we\u2019re dealing with today. If we can get rid of the red tape maybe we can get back to being the United States of America instead of the United States of Stagnation. <\/p>\n

Richard Harmer, Brand Strategist – Brady Media Group<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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