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The choice is
Automatic
FREEDOM
the explorers must be before an individual joins
FROM FEAR
granted the freedom to fail the operation. Once com-
Talent freezes in the grip of in order to sustain their mitted, all parties must live
fear. The creative mind shuts desire to venture forth again. up to the agreement.
down, constricting the It is the job of manage- It is particularly impor-
natural flow of ideas. Fear is ment first to point talented tant that all management
paralysing beyond reason. people in the right direction, actions and communica-
It is not ‘the truth’ that then judge the value of their tions be consistent with the
people fear. Fear results discoveries. But if the quest understanding.
from ‘not knowing the truth’. for the new is to be respon-
Fear is created by motives sible and intelligent, talent
FREEDOM TO BE
that are suspect, by deci- must not be criticised for The first priority of an oper-
sions made in secret for daring to fail. ation that depends on its
which the basis is not fully people for success must be
disclosed, and by the arbi-
FREEDOM
the well-being of every indi-
trary use of power by those
FROM CHAOS
vidual.
who control an idea’s A degree of healthy ferment Each has a right to be
destiny. is required in any creative treated with dignity, to be
Fear is created by intimi- organisation. But talent encouraged and supported
dation. Management by flounders in the chaos of in his or her ambitions for
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FREEDOM TO FAIL
talent requires benign disci- a career can grow in the
It is in the very nature of cre- pline. direction of the individual’s
ative talent to venture The talented mind may own choosing.
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and live gaming.
by conventional minds, “to yet roomy enough to permit allowed to enjoy a life in
go where no- one has gone the floating dream. These which there is time for per-
• Dual Function - Automatic or live croupier
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• Automatic Data Capture - Feeds terminal play
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decisions 51 per cent of the Employees must have the freedom in your operation?
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time and a very successful freedom to speak up, to think The Four Freedoms form
manager makes good deci- outside the box, to come only part of the TQM
sions 80 per cent of the time, forward with information and approach. This approach has
then, by implication, bad ideas. They can only do that if worked at City of Dreams in
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management may be judged part of the operational plan it Chris Brammer is an
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bad decisions, not the good tial. Instead of being a leader Advisors, one of the casino
ones. But managers must not it will end up following in industry’s leading consulting
be afraid of taking the risk to others’ footsteps. Not being firms. He has over 25 years
make bad decisions. What is the leader may well mean not of experience in the industry
more, they should be encour- creating the revenues needed and is a well known
aged and given the freedom for sustainable growth. Can innovator in casino
to make them without fear of you risk not thinking for a management, design and
retribution. moment about fear and marketing.
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