10 Examples of Why Being in Ag Tech Is Like Herding Cats
Yeah, you read that right. I just recently thought about this since I was watching one of my kid’s favorite cartoon movies, Pixar’s Inside Out, writes Nathan Faleide at PrecisionAg. If you haven’t seen it, just check out the cat part of the movie on YouTube. Basically, the movie is about different emotions set as characters in your mind. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. As a cat, those emotions are all over the place and random. It’s a fun movie, to say the least, and has good life lessons.
Anyway….why does this bring me to cats and ag tech? Well, that scene just reminded me of how cats’ personalities seem to be random, selfish, lazy, crazy, and manipulative. Of course, they can also be great companions (I’ve had a few) and well…kittens are adorable. Also, they clearly control the internet so there is that as well. Now back to my comparison. Much like the saying goes, “It’s like trying to herd cats.” Meaning, it’s rather tough to say the least.
This is not to say ag tech is easy either. Where I’m going with this is that some in this sector of the ag industry are kind of randomly going around trying to solve whatever issues without much in regards for research, a plan, or even understanding sometimes. Mainly with how the agricultural and agronomy world even works or how the people at the heart of it, growers do their jobs or perform certain tasks.
There you have it. I think ag tech is a sort of jumbled mess of emotions right now much like a cat’s personality it seems. They are rogue and just do their own thing most of the time. It is getting better, I think, but sometimes it just gets crazy….like a cat. Anyway, here are my top 10 examples below of how it’s similar, and hopefully they make sense and also make you laugh a little.
1. Random cat freakouts: I’ve seen this more and more lately. Basically, some leaders of ag-tech companies can’t take criticism and just randomly lash out at people when confronted, but then all of a sudden are nice and calm. Take a chill pill you crazy felion!
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