A 20 min long Chinese silent film made in 1980 by the director A Da, Three Monks teaches virtues which are of paramount importance in today's world, especially in organisations. The greatest thing about this film is that it has lessons for everyone; be it a 5 year old pre-school-er or a 65 year old CEO.
I will not explain what this video is about as I want each and everyone of you to watch it.
Watch 3 Monks
The obvious lesson learned here is:
TEAMWORK :
Team work, be it in a small task like doing a group assignment or running a multi-billon dollar corporation, is of extreme importance. Almost all corporations today, run on the principle of teamwork. Whether it is the internal divisions of projects into teams or multiple organisations working together to achieve a common goal.
As the line goes in one of the great songs, 'Hey You' by the legendary band, 'Pink Floyd' :
"Together we stand, Divided we fall".
Organisations today cannot survive only on the individual performances but need to function as a living organism with all its body parts functioning efficiently.
Another important lesson in the film is of:
Synergy :
Synergy in simple terms implies 1+1 =11. It means that the interaction of individuals that when combined produces a total effect that is greater than their mere sum. As the 3 monks worked together they managed to come up with a mechanism which enabled them fill lot more water than the three separately could, and that too with relative ease and minimal time.
"A designed beauty of synergy is that it serves only to add, never subtract.”
—Barb Rententbach, Synergy (2009)
In modern day organisations, it is the synergy between the individual elements(employees or departments) that matters the most. Employees share ideas, work methodologies and this mere symbiosis leads to efficient work practices and processes. Just like with the three monks, it helps them to innovate.
The greatest thing about synergy is that it makes it necessary for the individual elements to work together as a closely knit band and thereby makes them accountable for the task at hand. This makes the individual elements more responsible and thereby a lot more proactive.
The 3 monks indeed taught us a wise lesson that staying united is the greatest mantra be it a family, an organisation or the world.
I will not explain what this video is about as I want each and everyone of you to watch it.
Watch 3 Monks
The obvious lesson learned here is:
TEAMWORK :
Team work, be it in a small task like doing a group assignment or running a multi-billon dollar corporation, is of extreme importance. Almost all corporations today, run on the principle of teamwork. Whether it is the internal divisions of projects into teams or multiple organisations working together to achieve a common goal.
As the line goes in one of the great songs, 'Hey You' by the legendary band, 'Pink Floyd' :
"Together we stand, Divided we fall".
Organisations today cannot survive only on the individual performances but need to function as a living organism with all its body parts functioning efficiently.
Another important lesson in the film is of:
Synergy :
Synergy in simple terms implies 1+1 =11. It means that the interaction of individuals that when combined produces a total effect that is greater than their mere sum. As the 3 monks worked together they managed to come up with a mechanism which enabled them fill lot more water than the three separately could, and that too with relative ease and minimal time.
"A designed beauty of synergy is that it serves only to add, never subtract.”
—Barb Rententbach, Synergy (2009)
In modern day organisations, it is the synergy between the individual elements(employees or departments) that matters the most. Employees share ideas, work methodologies and this mere symbiosis leads to efficient work practices and processes. Just like with the three monks, it helps them to innovate.
The greatest thing about synergy is that it makes it necessary for the individual elements to work together as a closely knit band and thereby makes them accountable for the task at hand. This makes the individual elements more responsible and thereby a lot more proactive.
The 3 monks indeed taught us a wise lesson that staying united is the greatest mantra be it a family, an organisation or the world.
Beautiful story! And, I agree with you when you say that you just wanted us to watch it..
ReplyDeleteI particularly appreciate the choice of video made & your maturity for understanding the fact that you don't need the words or language to sell your idea. It's the sheer simplicity of your idea that even if I could not understand a thing written but then, I also could not stop the film before it finished.
Great selling.. :)
Heyy Arlette, Thanks a lot for the wonderful comment
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