Before retirement, I had franchised my company in many states in the United States and other countries as well. It was quite interesting to me that when you?re doing business with your customers, vendors, and partners in other countries you make friends quickly. Any preconceived notions that bother you about the culture, the structure of their society, or their government quickly become irrelevant. You see, franchising taught me a lot about international diplomacy and geopolitics.
Even in retirement, as I do a little bit of franchise consulting, I talk with folks from all over the world and it sometimes makes me think that it is the business folks who are doing deals all over the world, trading with one another that keep everyone talking, and it is their business interests which keep governments, and political egos from picking up their hatchet?s and declaring political impasse, or worse war.
In many ways international diplomacy and geopolitics is a lot like the running of a franchise company. Now then, I would like to address three main points;
1. Communication is the key
2. Franchisors often have to mediate and referee
3. Nations come together thanks to business interests and trade.
First, in a franchising company communication is the key, and the same thing is true in international diplomacy. In a franchising company you must be in constant contact with your franchisees, vendors, and leave those communications lines open at all times. If something is on their mind they will call you, and vice versa. Secondly, often franchisors have to mediate and referee. Often the vendors and the franchisees are having a disagreement, or a franchisee in one territory is upset with another.
The franchisor has to keep everyone working together and make sure that everything goes smoothly. Most of all without taking sides they need to hear everyone?s point, and help them work things out. Lastly, and I mentioned this briefly above, we must continue trading with one another because it is the money interests and the business interests which allow us all to be more efficient. Efficiency and trusting your business partners provides a strong basis for future collaboration regardless of the topic.
Now then, I realize there will always be rogue nations, just like there will always be hard to deal with customers. Sometimes the people you deal with will wake up having a bad hair day, but it behooves us all to continue to work together, do business together, and engage in free and fair trade. If we do that, there is still hope for humanity. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.
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