Introduction to the Framework
It is a natural human tendency to take care of the basic needs or fix existing procedures first, very similar to what Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theorizes. If you are without food, water, and sleep, you cannot think of morality, creativity, and achievement. If you do not have money for rent, how can you think of travel (unless it is all paid for)? Similarly, if you do not have the right procedures, how can you make strategic changes?
This is similar to buying a bank owned home. You need to fix up the place first, before you start thinking of buying chandeliers. Once you have set an amenable comfort-rendering environment (Procedural), you start living gracefully in it. You want to keep it clean – not throw stuff around, mow the lawn, keep your voices soft and low and establish good relationships with neighbors. You teach this to your family members as well, thus establishing a culture (Behavioral).
And then you meet an old idea-filled friend (or read a cerebral magazine) and you start thinking of increasing the value of your property by installing a swimming pool or converting an open space into a room. There is a price to pay for all that extra work, but the outcome, as a major credit card commercial would say, is priceless (Strategic).
Another PBS framework example: Ever wondered why the flight attendant in safety demonstrations, instructs us to put on our oxygen masks first, before putting them on our children? It is definitely not because our life is more important than our child’s. The idea is to prevent our potential loss of control from cabin decompression and loss of oxygen (hypoxia). When hypoxia sets in, we cannot even get to a mask, let alone to the passenger next to us. So, what we see is a procedural fix (P), when the passenger puts the mask on; a behavioral phase (B) when he or she regains control and can think of the next step; and finally, a strategic move (S), when the passenger takes the mask and puts it on the child.
Take our school system. Again a case of PBS framework. In the elementary school, you work on your math, science, language, art among other subjects to set basic procedures inside you. These subjects and other influences help identify your strengths and orient your behavior. And with that behavior, you choose goals and work toward them strategically. In sum, right procedures, right behavior, and, finally, the right strategy lead you there.
This is similar to buying a bank owned home. You need to fix up the place first, before you start thinking of buying chandeliers. Once you have set an amenable comfort-rendering environment (Procedural), you start living gracefully in it. You want to keep it clean – not throw stuff around, mow the lawn, keep your voices soft and low and establish good relationships with neighbors. You teach this to your family members as well, thus establishing a culture (Behavioral).
And then you meet an old idea-filled friend (or read a cerebral magazine) and you start thinking of increasing the value of your property by installing a swimming pool or converting an open space into a room. There is a price to pay for all that extra work, but the outcome, as a major credit card commercial would say, is priceless (Strategic).
Another PBS framework example: Ever wondered why the flight attendant in safety demonstrations, instructs us to put on our oxygen masks first, before putting them on our children? It is definitely not because our life is more important than our child’s. The idea is to prevent our potential loss of control from cabin decompression and loss of oxygen (hypoxia). When hypoxia sets in, we cannot even get to a mask, let alone to the passenger next to us. So, what we see is a procedural fix (P), when the passenger puts the mask on; a behavioral phase (B) when he or she regains control and can think of the next step; and finally, a strategic move (S), when the passenger takes the mask and puts it on the child.
Take our school system. Again a case of PBS framework. In the elementary school, you work on your math, science, language, art among other subjects to set basic procedures inside you. These subjects and other influences help identify your strengths and orient your behavior. And with that behavior, you choose goals and work toward them strategically. In sum, right procedures, right behavior, and, finally, the right strategy lead you there.
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