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Political leadership
Political leadership is…
- …about public service. It is about working for the people.
- …about reflecting public opinion. It is about working for the people.
- …about delivering what the electorate have asked for. It is about working for the people.
- …about setting good examples.
Political leadership is not…
- …bullying the electorate into following your opinion. That would be arrogant and rude.
- …quiting because you do not agree with the electorate. That would be childish.
- …trying to stab fellow politicians in the back. That would be untrustworthy .
- …sowing fear. That would be cancerous.
Some of this countries leadership seem to have forgotten what they are there to do, or maybe they just do not care.
Engineering mindsets
Individuals and organisations can develop mindsets that hinder the evolution of product.
I personally believe that the correct mind set is to
- ongoing honest evaluation of the merits and flaws of in-house and third-party technologies
- agile utilization and promotion of good technologies and planned deprecation of bad technologies
- always have a plan B
- balance engineering with sales with marketing
- understanding the relationship of vision, milestones, releases, issues and tasks
Examples of mindset extremes that I believe to be equally counter-productive are
- “Not invented here” vs “Standing on the shoulders of giants”
- “Never ending redesign” vs “but we have always done it this way”
- “Short-term agile” vs “Epic fixed projects”
- “Monolithic Frankenstein” vs “Sprawling “
Don’t ask a question if you don’t want the answer…
Politicians often make grat promises about representing the public when they want to get ellected, but one in power the public opinion can become more of a hindrance.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/nov/15/cameron-e-petition-policy-backfire
Who is the better leader or parent. One that does what’s best for his subjects/children or one that gives them whatever they ask for…
I guess i just wish politicians would be honest both before and after they get elected