Download PDF FORBES INDONESIA March 2013
by Jennie S. Bev
Theories are great as fundamentals. In the real world, it is how-to strategies, tips and realistic goals that make implementation of a theory possible. Hands-on information makes or breaks a business. You can have all those nice theories, yet you can’t go anywhere without a clear path.
One of the most valuable Rockefeller management habits is recognizing a “chokepoint” – the weak link in a system – according to Verne Harnish in “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits.” The recent flooding incidents throughout Indonesia is an indication of a multiple chokepoints in the overall economic development of the country.
Chokepoint is written all over the country’s wealth situation: 40 richest Indonesians have assets worth 10% of the GDP and 0.02% of the population controls 25% of the GDP, according to Merrill Lynch. Indonesia expert Jeffrey Winters points out that wealth in Indonesia is three times more concentrated than in Thailand, four times Malaysia, and 25 times Singapore.
Thanks to its intense wealth concentration, Indonesia’s GDP per capita looks amazing: approaching $4,000. This may as well be a “false sense of wealth” for average Indonesians. This figure is an indication of a chokepoint. Similar observations are found in organizations of smaller scale.