not yet punditik

Once upon a time, a pundi lived in our downstairs toilet.   No one ever saw pundi, no one ever heard pundi, no one ever spoke to pundi   - All except Mylolos!   But even she never touched the pundi. MyLolos – met the pundi one evening in the toilet.   Apparently the meeting was not agreeable, because immediately after the meeting MyLolos came out of the meeting place shouting. There is a pundi!! We all raced to see the pundi. Where is the pundi? There. Where? There. Where? There pointed MyLolos. What is a pundi? I do not know. How does pundi look like. I do not know. Where is the pundi? There. What is pundi doing? I do not know. What is pundi saying? I do not know. What is a pundi? I do not know. None of us could see a pundi. Hear a pundi. Touch a pundi. Know a pundi. We did not believe pundi existed. …but pundi hang around. Before long pundi became real. Pundi grew some characteristics. Pundi had attit...

Compliance, “the state or act of complying with a fixed standard, regulation, or requirement with or agreeing to do something” versus responsibility, “the state, fact, or position of being accountable to somebody or for something”. I have been thinking about this for a while now, especially with respect to how I work. Do I work because I have to comply to the rules set in the organisation, or do I work because I make it my personal responsibility to fulfill the obligations the organisation has placed on me?     Do I work so that I do not receive a “show cause why” letter?   Do I work because of the consequences of breaking the rules and not meeting the requirements?   Or do I work because I understand what I do and why I do it?    What kind of person am I, if I work towards compliance?   What kind of organisation do I work for, if they accept that I work towards fulfilling only standards and requirements? The characteristics of...