The World Is Full Of Small Conspiracies

Many people are fascinated by the belief – or at least the prospect – of world dominating conspiracies. The Illuminati seems to regularly have a pronounced position in such fantasies. We should also pay due homage to the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Bilderberg Group. Of course, there are others. When it comes to world domination, of equal substance is Spectre, K.A.O.S, and, topping the list, Hydra.

Back to the real world… when it comes to world domination, however, no one, no group, no grand conspiracy has ever been successful. Simply put, there's no one in charge. Complicating any search for a grand conspiracy is the fact that at the core of so many secret organizations is the exotic and even the arcane.

The esoteric with promises of majesty (sometimes even immortality) can make the imagination soar. It can be intoxicating and motivating. Unfortunately, as Umberto Eco exemplifies in has literary masterpiece, Foucault's Pendulum, the most powerful secret – the true underpinnings of these grand conspiracies – is "a secret without content."

The lack of world dominating conspiracy in no way discounts the existence of conspiracies. It's just that these grand conspiracies for a plethora of reasons, such as the unquestionable inability to effectively run such an extensive and influential bureaucracy secretly, do not exist. Instead, what are pervasive in society are small conspiracies. From illegal conclusion among technology companies to insider trading rings, and from corporate and political payoffs to organized crime syndicates working cooperatively, the world is littered with small conspiracies.

Small conspiracies are rampant inside and between some organizations and sometimes common in the financial services arena. There are leadership substitutions and a broad range of governmental and corporate espionage. You can no doubt come up with a multitude of examples, and if you're having trouble, just turn on the news.

Now, if the malicious element – the illegality and injurious nature – that defines, in part, a conspiracy was stripped away, we have some brilliant networking resulting in collaborative business at its finest. It's this superb networking that's foundational and critical to success of any small conspiracy.

Taking a step back… in critically examining the way self-made millionaires and some accomplished professional criminals build social networks to achieve their agendas, there's actually a high correlation in the nature of the strategic thinking and processes they employ. So, if you're looking to excel, creating and managing a non-malevolent conspiracy (i.e., a legal and ethically sound conspiracy) might very well get you the professional outcomes you're looking for.