Comments on: On Anticipatory Obedience https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr Aquil Busrai https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26686 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:48:56 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26686 Is it our early childhood experience that makes us resort to anticipatory obedience ?…actually it is so much easy to blame our heritage, our past, our neighbours for whatever has gone wrong:)….But we were always told to follow what the elders said. Even if our young mind had diagonally opposite view. Then came along some smart sibling or a cousin who enthusiastically agreed with the person giving the command and received instantaneous praise. The reward for anticipatory obedience had jsut been doled out !!!

MAy the Award for Anticipatory Obedience disappear and may those who aspire for it go and take some advice from LuLu but not from the Great Dane :))

]]> By: Srividya https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26681 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:57:33 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26681 Beautifully described Sir. Anticipatory obedience – the process of quickly resolving conflicts before they start, in the presence of anybody in power! I see this everywhere, whether at home or workplace. At home children do this because they have found it avoids scoldings and punishments, while adults enjoy their brief moments of power over them and are glad that their children are obedient! I see the danger of raising such obedient children. Imagine how their lives would be when they grow up. Frankly, are we all not engaging in anticipatory obedience some time or the other? We all know how we tend to agree or do things in accordance to that person in power, even though we don not want to. We even rationalize our own actions. But the fact is simple – we just want want to avoid that conflict. It takes courage and ability to express effectively in order to be true to your own self.

]]> By: NS Iyer https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26109 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:08:06 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26109 Brilliant.
I loved the piece. It’s engaging.

]]> By: Dr.Anita Shantaram https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26107 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 04:42:16 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26107 Super. Loved it. Deep meaningful and so true of the situation at work and in society. I love the way you engage with all the characters( for want of a better word) in your life.

]]> By: D.G.Thakurdesai https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26106 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 04:06:10 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26106 Very appropriate for present Indian affairs in all the fields, mainly media and poltics.
I have faced this in my meetings. Seniors have expressed their differences with me only in person after the meeting. I had to struggle all the times to get their opinion by heart.
Very interesting narrative.
Thanks Vivek.
D.G.Thakurdesai

]]> By: Vilas Dhavale https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26105 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:57:01 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26105 Anticipatory obedience is a powerful tool. If applied to the external world it eliminates conflicts with others. If practiced like a daily yoga, it eliminates inner conscience making you Atmanirbhar!

]]> By: Joseph George A https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26104 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 01:15:12 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26104 This theme has been explored by Sudhir Kakar before, as in a psychoanalytic take of Indian society. The collective in our society socialisés a subconscious sublimation of evil, by projecting a covert approval of a figure willing to exert that control. That figure recognizes this want in society and legitimizes his or her authority on their behalf. So this tacit approval being hidden from overt evidence preserves the individual appearance of ethical conduct. The price is the subversive control exercised by the authority figure. The figure and society both are willing to stretch their codependent relationship, until somthing gives.
Like what happened in Germany. Or in Chile.
Milgram experimented on obedience of the individual. Zimbardo experimented beyond individuals in a simulated prison.
Today, Thaler and more centrally, Cass Sunstein examine how virtual media polarizes attitudes, and how single dissenters are critical voices for progress in society. They build on what Kanhenann asked us to be mindful of in terms of cognitive bias.
For heartful guidance Scott Barry Kaufmann and Jonathan Haidt provide routes to authentic conduct.

]]> By: Dr Aquil Busrai https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26103 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:30:07 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26103 Vivek narrates eloquently what many authors simply skirt…anticipatory obedience wins approval, be it from dictators. Jack the Great Dane has understood the world when he claims ‘my master’s wish is my command’ …may the tribe of Jacks remain insignificant in the society of today….’wishful thinking’ is what Lullu might mutter as he perches on Vivek’s shoulder….

]]> By: Swati Aiyer https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26102 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:48:58 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26102 Fabulous. Really learning to read between the lines, reading your blogs. 😀

]]> By: Gopinath Govindan https://vivekvsp.com/2020/10/anticipatory-obedience/#comment-26101 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:17:11 +0000 https://vivekvsp.com/?p=6464#comment-26101 Interesting piece as usual Vivek. The causes of anticipatory obedience could well be the subject matter for another blog!

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