"The Speed At Which [Teams] Could [Adjust] Would Make Mental Flexibility In Leadership Even More Valuable"

   (Commentary posted by Roger Erickson)

[ ... political and other pressures ... resulted in the appointment to high command in ... of so many mediocre and even incompetent [policy leaders, in all categories].

Why on earth isn't that need - to assess and promote policy agility - considered a truism for economic policy today, and all other policy disciplines?

This is a great read. One of my suggestions as required reading, for every highschool freshman in the country.

For comparison, why the hell didn't Obama just instantly fire and/or force the retirement of every single one of the GORBS*, the day after his inauguration, back in 2009, like half the country fully EXPECTED him to do?

* GORBS = Greenspan, Geithner, Orszak, Rubin, Bernanke, Summers

Eric W. Dolan — Pope Francis condemns fundamentalism, urges setting an example over proselytizing (via Raw Story )

Pope Francis condemns fundamentalism, urges setting an example over proselytizing (via Raw Story )

Pope Francis recently urged the faithful to understand reality by looking at it “from the periphery” in order to avoid becoming fundamentalists. Francis meet with 120 superiors general of men’s religious orders at the Vatican in November. His…

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