http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfSENkvJXY

It seemed as though Rutan’s words were helping everyone to kick themselves in the butt just a little — but for an extremely short time. It seems that we need to be reminded of these things these days — or at least that more of us who ‘get it’ really need to speak our minds as to the discontent we feel.

Unfortunately, however, too many companies limit the expression of its employees within the corporate manhandling that occurs — for obvious fear of proprietary secrets to be released into the public. There are a few who express their passions here and there — but overall, it seems there’s more of a disease of inhibition in the current way we approach people, as opposed to coming to some very simple and fundamental concepts which by all practical measure — would only help the companies for which people are employed.

I find that an interesting dynamic, and equally disheartening that it’s in these kinds of atmospheres in our society, that we can only place ourselves at blame for teaching everyone — especially our children — that this is the way to progress.

Such inhibitions aren’t helping anyone except the companies for which uninhibited behavior is enforced — and in many ways, cause more concerns and problems within an organization than actually protect anything of value, in essence, snuffing out the possibilities toward innovation and risk.