BBC’s The Apprentice is one of the most popular business shows on TV right now, as viewers tune in every Thursday evening to find out who will be the next to receive the infamous line ‘you’re fired’. However, there is a keyword in reality TV, and that is quite simply ‘reality’. We can see so many traits on our TV screens that reflect what life is actually like in the ‘real’ world we are living in today, and so surely we can also find the answers in how to overcome them?
I’ve seen it… have you?
Young people being suppressed in society, and not given the opportunity to use their voices as a force for good to stand up for what they believe. The power struggles at the pinnacle of politics with world leaders all fighting for their own success. People in business or other industries using top-down pyramid structures, and those at the bottom are simply expected to submit to their leaders. We can even see people get kicked out of friendship groups simply for being ‘different’.
Now don’t get me wrong, there is definitely a place for some of these things at times, but the hierarchical nature of society in general today needs a drastic change.
At this point you might be wondering what on earth this topic has to do with The Apprentice?
Think of this – 18 candidates all fighting for the grand prize of becoming Lord Sugar’s next business partner. They’re all hoping to associate with the rich, you could call it, while Alan Sugar doesn’t allow anybody else to speak in the final boardroom confrontations, simply to listen and learn a fate which is out of their hands. Tim Campbell and Karren Brady are the two aides who truly hold the power, witnessing the candidates’ performances on every task, and yet even they don’t have a say in the final decision of who gets fired.
I hope you can see the hierarchy I am getting at here – this state of constant suppression. Those at the top have a seemingly ‘powerful’ position, but don’t actually have a clue what their ‘subjects’ want or need, because they never associate with them. And soon, something has to change. But the question is, who can we trust to bring about this change?
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. And if everyone plays their part, whether that be giving a young person an opportunity to speak out for what they believe in, or placing trust and responsibility into the care of those ‘at the bottom of the food chain’; even something as simple as signing a petition. We can bring change, together. But the question is, will you allow us to present you with those two words that every Apprentice candidate dreams of? You’re hired. Will you accept this offer to join us and become our partner not in business, but in the way of the world? The answer lies with you.
The Apprentice airs every Thursday at 9pm on BBC One.
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