Kaki tak terayun, tak perlulah mulut berbuih

Mengayunkan kaki dan mengangkat tangan memang lebih menghabiskan energi ketimbang membuka mulut. Saya pikir inilah mengapa sehari-hari kita lebih mudah berpolemik dan beradu kata, daripada beradu langkah menyelesaikan masalah. Coba lihat dalam sebulan terakhir, kita melihat media massa dan media sosial dipenuhi dengan polemik kata-kata. Setidaknya ada tiga yang saya catat, yaitu kampanye hitam pra […]

The fashion

Someone once said to me that the most important thing in life is not about what you do, but how you do it. He was no philosopher or book author or even an expert in some skill for that matter. He was just one of many people I got acquainted. Yet, what he said to […]

Is it compatible?

Why cultural transformation is difficult? In many cases, the failure is rooted on the lack of acknowledgement on incompatibility of the existing culture toward the expected new culture. This is a fundamental driver that determines whether a change initiative will become a real transformation, or merely a rhetoric. In recently Surabaya’s Taman Bungkul case, Tri Risma, the Mayor […]