Approach with rush, a story of framing – Fact: The current strikes in France
Communication is midly rational and utterly emotional, a transition that came with the global connection. After a week off, Edward came back to class, looking to enhance his communication potential, the major help in articulating a given strategy involving the required stakeholders along.
So why utterly emotional? Because any words coming out are so widely repercuted all around. Because perceptions are changing from one to the others. Because we evolve in the same era but in different environment.
In any topics, and the agenda is full these days, the press advertises the facts with one framing. One frame that change from one to the other, and here comes an uncontrollable word of mouth. Where single ones will have to go over different reactions to reach a constructive discussion. We are not free to ignore, we are not free to attack, and gosh no, we are not forced to defend, we are not forced to react. And with the multiplication of medias sources having been demultiplied the channels of communication, we are willing to avoid. Forced to avoid? No.
I only remember one thing when I do participate to a discussion, online, offline. I listen to the others, I make my first key points clear to build on, and most of all, I am doing my best to understand the context around.
Everything is an iceberg. The Press says the top, I don’t believe the polls are showing the hidden parts, as I would have to have more information on how they have sampled the population. Topic: Strikes in France. Let’s take an example, a fact in fact:
I watched a TV show on internet as freely available. For the French speaking people, look at Blako’s news number II (source: Salut les Terriens – Min 16.16 - http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/pid3350-c-salut-les-terriens.html?progid=382630.
Further in the interview, Syndicalists reiterate our old daemon of an old may 68 carried out in a total other context (for information, one useful book I read was: the end of madness by Jorge Volpi) and yet, well, yes I am getting somewhat disturbed when the young population, in France, and in other countries for sure, are taking part to the strike on a subject not to say in your scope. Well, it shows France still has the beautiful thing
about getting people together, which is the only good point I see : ).
You would be 5-10 years from retirement, I would understand fighting for a slow build up of the law, but hey, guys, students, you at 22, 23. Big news, yes, we will have to work till 68 if not 70. France is going over 200000 persons above 100 years old. They are our parents. With the system currently in place, system I agree upon, I am happy to participate to their pensions. But you, down the street, students from everywhere, I did agree about some previous of your strikes, the young contract, the over extension of contract for limited durations, but here, find a work first, look around and see how difficult it is.
From top of head, and a useful blog insight on the same trend (in French):
http://pasidupes.blogspot.com/2010/10/retraites-comparatif-france-allemagne.html
Spain: age of retirement 65
UK: age of retirement 65, 66 in 2020, 68 in 2046
Germany: age of retirement 63 now, 67 in 2029
So, the only thing you are creating now is that you are destroying the reputation of young movements in the future. Nobody will listen, again.
So frame yourself. What are you searching a job? Or a retirement life? And after feel free to ignore, free to attack, to avoid or to react. Communication is a mix of these but is further srenghtened when sticking to one truly till no longer possibly sustainable. Reacting is not a solution, constructing is. Remember your philosophy courses, and put in prospective please.
We know we are existing, we know our parents help us doing so. Time to talk useful. Anyway, the law gonna passed, because we are not in May, we are not in 68 and most of all, because we don’t have any proper alternatives. It's time to stop being pessimistic, and start to believe in our future, time to see where we are needed and what we should support. Time to build on again our reputation.
Les sondages, on leur fait dire n'importe quoi, mais bon soyons optimiste, nous avons la force et les moyens d'affronter le futur avec réussite:
http://www.google.com/reader/view/user/-/state/com.google/reading-list#search/france%20optimiste/5