In search of wisdom

1. Just left a consultant-moderated session, and again feeling a mixture of rage and emptiness. Consultant mentality is about deconstructing a problem, finding a position within those elements and reconvening and packaging the findings nicely. In a policy development scheme, this is extremely dangerous as authorities can develop regulations, rules based on misconceived problem statements and observations. More often than not, the loudest voice gets the largest say. The difficulty is to develop the parameters that a consultant should work in, and there is the key to utilise consultants.
2. Equally, in search of wisdom, the "engineer" trails behind an "architect" mind-set well-educated in philosophy and humanities. The wisdom of the crowds is an oxymoronic paradox, just a get-out clause to reduce the required effort to come to a determination of a solution. Nothing beats the wisdom and the acceptance of guidance from the creator, the divine provider. The search of wisdom must begin with accepting the role of the creator in providing a "template" for existence, a roadmap for living.
3. So, where to? There is an opportunity to shape the direction of education this Sunday. Posing the right questions will be a right start?
4. In the meantime, speaking of bio-based economy, the agenda-driven stakeholders are a law unto themselves. The regulators need to be equally as vocal and to provide the guidance for the stakeholders to know that regulation should be in place, the incentives and the barriers are there. The policies should also be time-sensitive that there are avenues for review and limitations. Market forces can determine the winners in this. Regulations should be interventionist, but minimal to create the environment for the sector to grow, and the redistributive element to kick-in.