Gullivers travels was one of my favorite childhood stories, a story that potrayed striking contrasts in the journey of a traveller named Lemuel Gulliver, captured in four adventures.
In the first one, Gulliver is the only survivor of a shipwreck, and he swims to Lilliput, where he is tied up by people who are less than 6 inches (15 cm) tall. He is then taken to the capital city and eventually released.Gulliver’s second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, inhabited by a race of giants. A farm worker finds Gulliver and delivers him to the farm owner. The farmer begins exhibiting Gulliver for money, and the farmer’s young daughter, Glumdalclitch, takes care of him.Eventually Gulliver is picked up by an eagle and then rescued at sea by people of his own size. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gullivers-Travels. (Look for the book 😀 )
Stories of giants, whether factual or fictional have been a longstanding fascination and wonder, and in many times as depicted in the adventures of Gulliver the awe easily oscillates perception between hero and villain. Introspectively we rarely take the side of the giants, and while giant tribes are normally depicted as a smaller group in the populous, they're never the underdog in the fight. (food for thought.)
it's the dream of many entrepreneurs and founders to see your dream grow from startup, to giant in your field.We celebrate the success and the milestones of growth, until you are Lemuel in Lilliput. As a giant your sneeze is a potential storm, your misstep a likely earthquake, your moves no longer private, and detractors have a lot of surface area to attack.
In recent times we have seen the spotlight shone on giants and their mistakes both locally and internationally, and the once favorite big person(s), in a flash looked like villains in our eyes of fear. And its not without reason, in just the past two weeks alone we have witnessed;
My shared thoughts.
The giant is our child. To the founders and leaders who serve in today's, and tomorrows giant companies, what are our lessons from fellow giants and their mistakes? What can we do today that will make a lasting positive difference both in perception and action , casting away the villain shadow that stalks us?
The giant is our neighbor. To the communities that helped grow the giants that serve us , what do we need to do today to form stronger accountability, and regulation, without negatively impacting innovation and growth, and Fostering a symbiotic relationship that has a trust surplus?