Identity
theft is a very common in human world.
Mostly the people from the affluent society, the political leaders,
administrators, business magnets etc are the most common victims of identity
theft. Interestingly the problem of
identity theft is very common in animal world also.
Identity
theft means someone steals the identity of someone in order to gain
something.
The
problem of identity theft exists rampantly in the animal world also. Interestingly, to escape and to catch, many
animals use the above trick. For some
animals, stealing the identity of the other animals serves an entertainment or
sport value to wallow away the time.
It
is reported that margay wild cat, jaguar, puma etc., do imitate the call of its
prey animals to attract them. All the
above animals are predators in nature.
To know the prey, the best way is to mimic or imitate the call of the
prey animals so that they respond positively.
When the prey animals respond, the predator can easily recognize their presence
or whereabouts. For a business gain,
some predatory animals like wild cat, jaguar and puma bows down to the level of
a prey by imitating their sound, cheat and then win.
Contrary
to that, some moths that are the favorite food of some bats known to produce the
sounds of other moths that are least liked or preferred by the bats. In response to the sound produced by the
moths, the bats avoid the moth thinking it to be not its preferred food. Here, one demote oneself like the other and
escape predation.
The
issue of vocal imitation or vocal mimicry among lyrebird or racket tailed drongo
are no way different.
In
the case of parakeets, the issue of vocal imitation is done neither to attract
the prey nor to escape from the predator.
It is an event of entertainment, getting entertained or entertaining
others.
The
issue is how to connect the above context in the corporate situation. In
most corporate, vocal mimicry is very common.
A little more evolved form of vocal mimicry can be seen among corporate
employees and that is mimicry at the level of expression or intent. Many people showers concern and care for
others in the corporate world. What they
display is not their true identity but the stolen one. In most boss-subordinate relationship, people
tend to use the trick of what the other person likes or dislike to win the
game.
Whether
it is the imitation of a prey or a predator, an imitation is an imitation and
it is not true.
Vulnerable
prey and weak predator succumb to imitating others. Understand whether your corporate culture
support vulnerable prey or weak predator or identity thieves. All the three are
equally bad
, diminishing and obstructive to prosperity.
Learn
from the animal world the untold lessons of corporate management.
Ref:
Management book- Jungle wisdom for corporate management- lessons from
university of nature by Swami Sukhabodhananda and Dr S Ranganathan
