Beyond the Curves

Anyone who had studied mathematics in their higher education, would have come across Probability. As usual stuff, we study the probability of getting a head while tossing a coin. Then we will be introduced to sampling. Getting a diamond king from a pack of cards. It will be extended further to Poisson Distribution and Normal Distribution.

Normal Distribution - I remember it as the bell curve. The normal curve looks something like this.

When i was studying the normal distribution or the "bell curves" - little had i known that this curve is going to play a very important role in my career. Little had i known that it is this curve i should satisfy more than anything - because the "SYSTEM" likes this bell shaped curve and the "SYSTEM" can do anything to maintain its curve and "SYSTEM" never care anything about its people.

In the above figure, let us just assume that each zone is mapped to a number to represent the population in that zone. We get numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Let us also assume that the numbers can be enumerated as follows.

1 - The person is a vegetable
2 - The person exist in the "SYSTEM"
3 - The person can only perform
4 - The person can think and perform
5 - The person is exceptional and the system's lifeline depends on him

Observation 1:
As per the normal distribution, the majority of the population tends to be around the center of the bell shape. Going by the "SYSTEMS" own definition, if the majority of its people are normal or fall under the "PERFORM ONLY" category, how can the "SYSTEM" claim itself to be world class. Going by the equations,
WHOLE PART = SUM OF INDIVIDUAL PARTS ......(1)
INDIVIDUAL PART = AVERAGE .............................(2)
WHOLE PART = SUM OF AVERAGE PARTS.
This implies that the "SYSTEM" can only be "AVERAGE" and not "WORLD-CLASS".

Observation 2:
Going by pareto analysis, "...80% of wealth lies with 20% of people..." Slightly modifying this statement, "...80% of the work is done by only 20% of the people..." Therefore, the "SYSTEM" should only concentrate on identifying those 20% of the people and reward them, rather than distributing everyone evenly and try to fit some curve.

Observation 3:
Based on my personal experience, the "SYSTEM" is very dumb and it is so dumb enough to place ***keys in the manager role!

Eight years of life in the "SYSTEM" means eight years of unique encounters with the "SYSTEM". I am still hoping that the "SYSTEM" will mature and look "beyond the curve" to be a people oriented "SYSTEM".

I love Indian Cricket and i am a true indian. But, if i am asked to select the best team, i will select Cricket Australia - on weekdays and also on saturdays and sundays [read it as thursdays and fridays if you are in the middle east] - because i believe, a STAR TEAM is more consistent than a TEAM of STARs.

...bright