Opinion / Columnist
Reality disruption
04 Mar 2017 at 19:02hrs | Views
I am not too confident that the current crop of politicians have the mental models needed to transform Zimbabwe. I have not heard about a radical transformation of the systems we currently have in order to deliver a new Zimbabwe that lives to its full potential.
It appears to me that aspiring new leaders merely want to tweak the system and recreate the old colonial model of economics without paying due attention to the fact that the world economy has changed.
We will need rapid industrialisation that is integrated both to the SADC and COMESA markets of 600 million consumers who we can export manufactured products to.
We will require new structures in a government that is not silo based with ministries who are not coordinated. We will need rapid infrastructure rehabilitation which is integrated to the region. ICT will be critical.
We will need strong well managed local government structures to deliver quality of life to our people. In fact that is where we need new skills and competent managers and councillors who are technically skilled.
From what I can see councillors and MPs for 2018 are already being punted based on their polotical activism.
I can bet that we are likely to recreate the very systems which have not delivered and all we shall see are changes in personalities and not the fundamental disruptive creativity and innovation we require to put Zimbabwe on a completely new trajectory. 2018 will disappoin
It appears to me that aspiring new leaders merely want to tweak the system and recreate the old colonial model of economics without paying due attention to the fact that the world economy has changed.
We will need rapid industrialisation that is integrated both to the SADC and COMESA markets of 600 million consumers who we can export manufactured products to.
We will need strong well managed local government structures to deliver quality of life to our people. In fact that is where we need new skills and competent managers and councillors who are technically skilled.
From what I can see councillors and MPs for 2018 are already being punted based on their polotical activism.
I can bet that we are likely to recreate the very systems which have not delivered and all we shall see are changes in personalities and not the fundamental disruptive creativity and innovation we require to put Zimbabwe on a completely new trajectory. 2018 will disappoin
Source - Vince Musewe
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