The economic potential of Bengal is enormous yet dormant. We can create a thriving global growth center in Kolkata and the economic prosperity of Bengal and India.
Your key statement- “The economic potential of Bengal is enormous yet dormant.” - begs the question of Why is it dormant? This is, shall we say, a local problem. However, if you look beyond the local, you can see that has been a similar trend all over the world. Here in the US, innovation and entrepreneurship (See the book with that title written by Peter Drucker 35 years ago to understand that meaning.) began to decline 50 years ago. What replaced it was its opposite, the pursuit of cost-saving efficiencies. With it came the death of traditional cloth and furniture industries here where I live in the piedmont region of North Carolina. Today, it has brought us supply chain crises. I suspect that what you are recognizing is what many of us here do is that the real measure of an economy is the potential of each person to creatively contribute to it. For this reason, there are two problems to address. How must we change? And, what kind of leadership do we need to facilitate this change? The answer should at least come from a real engagement with people, otherwise the result will be a plan that will lay dormant for another generation.
Your key statement- “The economic potential of Bengal is enormous yet dormant.” - begs the question of Why is it dormant? This is, shall we say, a local problem. However, if you look beyond the local, you can see that has been a similar trend all over the world. Here in the US, innovation and entrepreneurship (See the book with that title written by Peter Drucker 35 years ago to understand that meaning.) began to decline 50 years ago. What replaced it was its opposite, the pursuit of cost-saving efficiencies. With it came the death of traditional cloth and furniture industries here where I live in the piedmont region of North Carolina. Today, it has brought us supply chain crises. I suspect that what you are recognizing is what many of us here do is that the real measure of an economy is the potential of each person to creatively contribute to it. For this reason, there are two problems to address. How must we change? And, what kind of leadership do we need to facilitate this change? The answer should at least come from a real engagement with people, otherwise the result will be a plan that will lay dormant for another generation.