Sorry Che! mRebels have outdone you.

We all know that rebels are people with a different point of view. They resist. They refuse alligance to authority. Rebelliousness is very unwelcome in any society. It stirs the honeycomb. It brings unstable equilibrium. Develops restlessness.

Rebellions have had positive and negative outcomes in history. Victorious rebels then become mainstream. New rebels are born. The cycle continues. Rebels with lost causes become unsung heroes, and vanish with time.

Welcome to the new kind of rebel. mRebel-The moderate rebel. Well, welcome to the corporate world. Where rebelling is a style statement. It is a management style. It is the wanting to say something different in a meeting. It pushes people to come up with points of view that are contrarian to the mainstream thought. But not so earth shatteringly contrarian that it will change the game.
Sometimes counterproductive. Sometimes wastes some time. But most of the time, it keeps everyone happy. The mRebel shoots out his point of view. It doesnt hurt too many people. The boss is happy because his POV still rules. The mRebel is happy because he sounded like the devil's advocate. Sometimes kills a good idea.

mRebels thrive in these days of Playsafe-Corporate-Culture. Watchout for that mRebel in your next meeting or presentation. He is there waiting to waste your time. I think Moderate Rebelliousness thrives and may possibly will forever.