Time for reflection
Gerd-Jan Driessen
New Sales Development Manager Ferris Commercial Mowers Europe (Briggs&Stratton Products Group)
These are educational times. Many of us are in the position to work from home, many of us are not. Think especially of people who are in the front line and take (health) care and responsibility. We owe them a debt of gratitude.
Personally, working at home, I get to work that could endure delays, such as making presentations that require a lot of research.
While surfing the internet - looking for solid and reliable information - it strikes me more and more that a lot of fake news is being proclaimed as the truth.
I'm certainly not a true connoisseur- in this case - when it comes to Health&Safety employee working conditions in relation with commercial mowers, but even on official websites of government agencies people contradict each other. It's just where you are in the world. Certainly not a comforting thought during these days.
It doesn't matter what industry you're in or what kind of work you do to make a living;
We need to focus on things that really matter and as a society we need to get rid of all habits, services but also dubious products that don't make our lives better in this world.
Because which user – residential or commercial - has ever started asking for crappy, cheap inferior and disposable products, or lousy services without any added value and what would have been the motivation to do so?
It is our common responsibility as an industry to bring the right durable, sustainable and innovative products to market.
I care, we care, we all have to care.