Senku spoke in blunt honesty, because that was what he preferred the best. Most people didn’t share that preference, and that was where Gen came in to soften the blow. What he was saying wasn’t intended on cruelty, even if someone were to take it as such, he was just trying to get a point across.
“Getting people to change isn’t as hard as you think.” Senku answered. “If you demonstrate something to cling to, they’ll fall in line faster than you’d expect. It won’t be everyone, some people need time, but more people than not can be swayed rather easily.” See, Gen, he was listening sometimes.
“I’m not personally interested in what the train thinks.” He snorted rather derisively. “I don’t think it particularly cares about our well-being.”
“I did a bit of campaigning myself when it came to the medical car, and that worked out.” Senku mused. “There is nothing I spent points on that couldn’t wait if there was a pressing need.” Sure, he might tease Gen that he needed his cola, but truly if there was something more important than that, he was fairly certain Gen would understand if he spent his points elsewhere, like for example, medicine.
“And I reserve points in case something comes up. Gen and I are working together in that regard.” Senku told them. “We share our points, rather openly, between us. If he needed something and couldn’t get it, I wouldn’t hesitate.” It wasn’t just their relationship either. “I’d extend that to anyone else.”
“If you ask me,” Senku began, because they were, that was the point. “The thing is that if you aren’t the team lead, what is in it for you?” He asked rather bluntly. “What do you get out of this team structure? Really ugly orange clothes, that’s what. I haven’t been asked to do anything. I haven’t been asked what I can or can’t do. I don’t want you to mistake thinking I’m trying to say I can do this better. Objectively, maybe I can, but I’m not necessarily interested in unseating people. But Tidus even said he doesn’t see the point in being on his team. That’s utter and total crap.” He shook his head. “You can’t expect any organizational structure to exist if people don’t have a place in it. You can’t say okay, Roland, you’re the leader and then leave it at that. Why should people follow you?”
He huffed lightly. “I’m not picking on you, it’s just you’re the only one here, it’s unfair to talk about Eva behind her back.” He said, waving his hand dismissively.
“And you don’t get that unity if people don’t have a role. If you give them nothing to do, why should they care?” Senku pressed a little bit. “And it’s not just the team communication that’s crap, because it sure was. My team leads were not around and no one checked on anything. No one asked me to check in. No one gave supplies. But did you guys know where Orange was either?” He asked pointedly. “I couldn’t tell you where Red, Blue or Purple was at any given time. The teams should all know where the others are. What if something goes wrong? How are you going to find them with any efficiency at all?”
“Ideally, the council would be there so the teams could communicate between each other. Even better, it shouldn’t be the same people who are the team leads because then there’s no need for anyone outside of the group to ever know what they talk about. If you make everything secret it’s the same thing. That’s how you get corruption and ineptitude.”
Senku glanced at Gen a moment and then frowned, he was considering whether his experience was better or whether it was easier to get to the heart of the matter. He decided on the latter. “So let’s take your team for example, right, you’ve got the pair of you as team leads. Ideally, your job would be to make sure everyone has what they need, ultimately. If one of you can’t, the other is there to do that, but if you’re both gone there’s a void there because no one else has any roles. Not only that, these train stops are our only opportunity to deal with the outside world outside the train. The train doesn’t give us what we need, so we need to take what we can, at every opportunity. Getting people to do that sort of thing would help them feel involved. Getting them to do prep would help them get involved. Giving everyone some kind of purpose, would fix a lot of this. If they knew what the plan was, they would act even without a leader. Ideally, the leader should be replaceable. No leader likes to hear it.” He quirked a smirk. “But it’s true. The world can’t rest on one man’s shoulders, and neither can this.”
He exhaled. “And having a singular focus, doesn’t mean we only have one goal. It just means as a community we’re taking steps towards the same vision. Whether that vision is getting the hell out of here, finding another place to go or whatever, they’re not in competition exactly. They don’t have to be. But simple things like getting better food on the train and looking after each other are total no brainers.”
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“Getting people to change isn’t as hard as you think.” Senku answered. “If you demonstrate something to cling to, they’ll fall in line faster than you’d expect. It won’t be everyone, some people need time, but more people than not can be swayed rather easily.” See, Gen, he was listening sometimes.
“I’m not personally interested in what the train thinks.” He snorted rather derisively. “I don’t think it particularly cares about our well-being.”
“I did a bit of campaigning myself when it came to the medical car, and that worked out.” Senku mused. “There is nothing I spent points on that couldn’t wait if there was a pressing need.” Sure, he might tease Gen that he needed his cola, but truly if there was something more important than that, he was fairly certain Gen would understand if he spent his points elsewhere, like for example, medicine.
“And I reserve points in case something comes up. Gen and I are working together in that regard.” Senku told them. “We share our points, rather openly, between us. If he needed something and couldn’t get it, I wouldn’t hesitate.” It wasn’t just their relationship either. “I’d extend that to anyone else.”
“If you ask me,” Senku began, because they were, that was the point. “The thing is that if you aren’t the team lead, what is in it for you?” He asked rather bluntly. “What do you get out of this team structure? Really ugly orange clothes, that’s what. I haven’t been asked to do anything. I haven’t been asked what I can or can’t do. I don’t want you to mistake thinking I’m trying to say I can do this better. Objectively, maybe I can, but I’m not necessarily interested in unseating people. But Tidus even said he doesn’t see the point in being on his team. That’s utter and total crap.” He shook his head. “You can’t expect any organizational structure to exist if people don’t have a place in it. You can’t say okay, Roland, you’re the leader and then leave it at that. Why should people follow you?”
He huffed lightly. “I’m not picking on you, it’s just you’re the only one here, it’s unfair to talk about Eva behind her back.” He said, waving his hand dismissively.
“And you don’t get that unity if people don’t have a role. If you give them nothing to do, why should they care?” Senku pressed a little bit. “And it’s not just the team communication that’s crap, because it sure was. My team leads were not around and no one checked on anything. No one asked me to check in. No one gave supplies. But did you guys know where Orange was either?” He asked pointedly. “I couldn’t tell you where Red, Blue or Purple was at any given time. The teams should all know where the others are. What if something goes wrong? How are you going to find them with any efficiency at all?”
“Ideally, the council would be there so the teams could communicate between each other. Even better, it shouldn’t be the same people who are the team leads because then there’s no need for anyone outside of the group to ever know what they talk about. If you make everything secret it’s the same thing. That’s how you get corruption and ineptitude.”
Senku glanced at Gen a moment and then frowned, he was considering whether his experience was better or whether it was easier to get to the heart of the matter. He decided on the latter. “So let’s take your team for example, right, you’ve got the pair of you as team leads. Ideally, your job would be to make sure everyone has what they need, ultimately. If one of you can’t, the other is there to do that, but if you’re both gone there’s a void there because no one else has any roles. Not only that, these train stops are our only opportunity to deal with the outside world outside the train. The train doesn’t give us what we need, so we need to take what we can, at every opportunity. Getting people to do that sort of thing would help them feel involved. Getting them to do prep would help them get involved. Giving everyone some kind of purpose, would fix a lot of this. If they knew what the plan was, they would act even without a leader. Ideally, the leader should be replaceable. No leader likes to hear it.” He quirked a smirk. “But it’s true. The world can’t rest on one man’s shoulders, and neither can this.”
He exhaled. “And having a singular focus, doesn’t mean we only have one goal. It just means as a community we’re taking steps towards the same vision. Whether that vision is getting the hell out of here, finding another place to go or whatever, they’re not in competition exactly. They don’t have to be. But simple things like getting better food on the train and looking after each other are total no brainers.”