The interesting relationship between the large blue butterfly and red ants convey an important......
The difficult to explain relationship between the ‘large blue and red ants’ reveals the existence of the most complicated ‘symbiotic’ type of relationship between some employees and the corporate. Unless the relationship between the above two species of invertebrates (large blue and red ants) are clearly understood, the existence such relationship or people in the corporate system cannot be either cognized or corrected.
Large blue is a blue butterfly, prevalent in some parts of United Kingdom. The life cycle of this butter fly is very complicated. The butterfly lays its eggs in the buds of thyme and other plants. The caterpillar that emerged from the eggs eats the buds and grows.
After reaching considerable growth, the caterpillar secrets a chemical substance and that attract the red ants. Further, the caterpillar also secretes honey like substance for the ants to eat. The red ants safely carry the caterpillar to their nest.
The caterpillar, after reaching the red ant nest, slowly starts eating all the eggs and larva of the ants. The caterpillar also produces some sounds exactly mimicking the sounds of the ants. Besides that, the caterpillar also conceals its odour with the scent of the ant. Through such smart disguise, they progressively destroy the ant colony by eating all its eggs and larva but the ants seldom notices the acts of the caterpillar.
After a short hibernation inside the red ant nest, the fully grown blue butterfly emerges. The red ants escort the butterfly to a safe place and defend them from predators.
If the caterpillar or the butterfly ever failed to mimic and conceal its identity, would get killed by the red ants.
Many employees in the corporate do behave like caterpillar of ‘Large blue’, destroying the corporate resource and culture. But the corporate may not notice or recognize such acts or people. In every act, they mimic as they are the true well wishers of the ‘corporate’. Most of the ‘corporate leaders’ and the HR function never understand these people.
Like escorting red ants, the corporate may provide all support, autonomy and power to these ‘large blue caterpillars’ and allow them to destroy the corporate fully and completely. These people often create ‘vicious’ circle, lack vision and leadership qualities and are selfish.
Like how the red ants easily get fooled by the honey like substance produced by the caterpillar, the high sounding ideas, false promises and impractical possibilities of these people easily fool the corporate leadership. Usually the single man driven corporate is the ideal roosting sites of these people.
The HR function must learn several things from nature to check whether they have large blue caterpillars in the corporate.
Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai
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