Graphic: #OWS Cover TIME 24 Oct 2011
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, PoliticalGraphic: #OWS Cover The Economist 22 Oct 2011
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, Political
Graphic: #OWS Cover The Week (UK) 22 Oct 2011
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, Political
Graphic: #OWS Cover The Economist 24 Sep 2011
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, Political
Graphic: #OWS Cover New Yorker 15 Aug 2011
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, Political
Seth Goden: Management is Not Leadership
Blog Wisdom
The difference between management and leadership
Managers work to get their employees to do what they did yesterday, but a little faster and a little cheaper.
Leaders, on the other hand, know where they'd like to go, but understand that they can't get there without their tribe, without giving those they lead the tools to make something happen.
Managers want authority. Leaders take responsibility.
We need both. But we have to be careful not to confuse them. And it helps to remember that leaders are scarce and thus more valuable.
Phi Beta Iota:Ā We also exclude from management those who focus on inputs, as with the US agencies and Cabinets generally.Ā They are over-paid clerks (or in Madeline Albright's infamous phrase, “gerbils on a wheel.”)Ā Real managers create value added.
Post Dictatorship: What Next?
Civil Society, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Government
Post-Gadhafi: Whatās Next for Libyaās Government?
(pieces from the article)
- Their data, he argued, proved that the key to a successful transition from democracy was, curiously, not to hold an electionāat least, not right away.
- Ā āOne of the most important predictors of a successful transition,ā Fish said, āis how strong the legislature is when the dust settles.ā
- Greece, with one of the studyās highest scores, has the model of a strong legislature, but entered 2011 near financial collapse.
The Worldās Ten Least Powerful Deliberative Bodies
1. Peopleās Assembly of Myanmar (.00)
2. Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia (.09)
3. Peopleās Council of Turkmenistan (.06)
4. General Peopleās Congress of Libya (.13)
4. Supreme Peopleās Assembly of North Korea (.13)
6. Council of Oman (.16)
7. National Assembly of Bahrain (.19)
8. National Assembly of Bhutan (.22)
8. National Assembly of Chad (.22)
8. National Assembly of Jordan (.22)
Also see:
23 Worst Tyrants/Dictators (Yes, thereās more than 23) and Oops, thereās Saudi Arabia..
Review: Breaking the Real Axis of EvilāHow to Oust the Worldās Last Dictators by 2025
