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Morris Mpala, MoB Capital Ltd
THIS obsession with ties and suits it’s just so conventional and now so overrated. In this weather we are better off finding an alternative to our dress code.
Just because we have been using suits and ties doesn’t mean we have to continue doing it.
We used to walk but we now drive. We used to use the horn and fire to communicate. We have all sorts of ways to send messages.
We hunted in the jungle but we are now on the stock market.
Psychologically, this type of dressing is bondage like it makes thinking confined. People can’t think outside nor act outside the box because of dressing in suits and ties.
It’s the same reason why in transformational sessions you are asked to dress comfortably. Why? Suits and ties don’t encourage super thinking at all. Where have you seen a productive strategy session being held with people in suits and ties.
Most of your thinking or great ideas come when you are relaxed or doing nothing and that doesn’t mean you being in a suit and tie.
Suits and ties are so yesterday and in this era of transformational leadership are a liability in terms of unleashing potential besides draining financial resources.
So are these necessary (for now)? I bet my three imported suits are not necessary at all. We think we need them but in fact we don’t. We are now thinking in a confined manner thus confusing a want for a need.
Suits are costing us big in terms of the import bill.
MoB Capital did a biased survey and here were the results.
Of the 13 million Zimbabwean population one million own suits (one in every 13 people). This is seven percent of total population.
They own an average of three suits averaging $100.00 each for the past three years, which is one suit annually.
Effectively we have lost conservatively $300 million on clothes (over three years) that we don’t really need at all.
Are suits really necessary in our environment?
We need more brains than suits and if you include other unnecessary clothes over 10 years the bill is just too much for a country that is not being productive at optimal levels.
Our challenge to MPs, ministers, captains of industry, ministers, pastors, tutors please let’s do away with suits and ties for the next coming three years and save.
No more suits. No more ties unless it’s produced in Zimbabwe only.
It will loosen our tight approach to offering solutions to Zimbabwe and preserve financial resources.
Use your brains and not suits.
These suits and ties have been the source of misrepresentations in business and social circles.
These are a source of peer pressure to both young and old, politicians, pastors and business people.
We at MoB Capital believe Zim’s IQ levels have been affected by our dress code especially suits and ties.
At MoB Capital we only wear suit and tie on the traditional business day — Thursday — otherwise any other day it’s comfortable dressing.
This will help us solve community ills with ease.
Suits and ties are another source of our meltdown and have confused our culture which is our sole fabric to African society.
As we speak Africa and Zimbabwe in particular doesn’t need suits and ties.
These are not necessary at all, especially given that most are Chinese made for obvious production reasons.
We are Africa and who needs suits and ties.
The challenge is on for the next three years and we are willing to take it to parliament for consideration.
If you live in Bulawayo please conserve water.
If you live in Zimbabwe please use electricity sparingly: SOS (switch off switches)
If you live on planet earth please preserve the environment
orris Mpala is managing director MoB Capital (Pvt) Limited, a microfinance institution offering loans, micro-insurance and advisory services to small to medium enterprises as well as individuals.
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