Finland is one of the most successful countries on the world. There are some features which are generally related to Finnish success: knowledge, hard work, high level education and also punctuality.
But what if the main news in Finland are late, they do not start at 20.30 but one minute later, at least on Thursdays. You may think that am joking, but I am not. Firstly, I have not gathered statistical evidence but quite often I have noticed that on Thursdays news start around one minute late. So, that part of my statement is not a joke.
Then you might think that I am joking because this is so minor thing that nobody should notice it or write about it. Yes, I admit that this is not a big thing as it itself, but does this tell something about the way how we handle things in Finland and should we notice that in global environment the standard of every successful action is very high.
In Finland these 20.30 news are the main news here. These news are like BBC world and CNN international combined. Hence a big number of people wait for those news - which start late in the country which is known for its punctuality. How is this possible? You must have seen how the clock ticks in BBC international before every hour and news start exactly in time. In this small matter (if being in time is a small matter) BBC on its part shows what is the standard in global setting. This kind of international level of action is present in almost every county and almost every field of action. There is always international player or players, which are excellent and which puts the bar of success very high.
Also it is interesting how we get used to certain level of action. This delay in the beginning of these main news is not a new phenomenon. Again I have not prepared statistics, but I think are talk about this issue at least two years ago. So, this level of action has become a standard. Is it now a standard that in the small country which competes in the global economy with is capability and with is punctuality the main news start late? Is this acceptable? Does this tell also something else about our willingness to raise our level of action in every field to a level where we really manage with the best.
Finland is one of the most successful countries in the world, let us work on that level in everything what we do. (I admit that here I really paused to think whether my blog reach the standard what I advocate in this blog. I am not certain, but at least I did my best in the time which I could reserve for this most interesting taks. I do hope reading this is a rewarding experience to you).
