The cliff is not only in sight, it is here. What to do? If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you know that each member of my group of business owners and chief executives made contingency plans and took precautionary measures in September 2007 for the storm they saw coming. At year end [...]
Sunday, November 9, 2008
I cant resist. On election day, when my wife heard a tv commentator say that McCain traditionally went to the movies the day of an election, she said: “He must have gone to see “W”!” BTW: she is a Republican who voted for Obama along with all 16 other members of our family (Republicans, Independents [...]
Thursday, November 6, 2008
John McCain’s otherwise gracious concession speech included a line to the effect of “I don’t know what more we could have done to have a winning campaign.” Here is food for thought for Senator McCain and the Republicans who must now make a choice between collaborating to make democracy work vs. actions less constructive: – [...]
Thursday, November 6, 2008
When leadership fails, the fail-point is somewhere down this chain: Ignorance – I didn’t know Incompetence – I knew, but didn’t understand the implications Insouciance – I knew, I understood, but did not care Cowardice – I knew, I understood, I cared, but I was afraid Malice – I knew, understood, cared, had the courage [...]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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