George Nemeth · Uncircling the wagons

January 21st, 2009

Yeah, this post from Chris Thompson  links back to BFD, but don’t miss his point:

One government official in the region told me recently that in tough times most governments respond like the old wagon trains in the movies … they circle the wagons. She said that instead of hunkering down and trying to protect turf, these challenging times require government officials to uncircle the wagons and figure out new ways to govern…

New leaders are a good place to start, provided those new leaders aren’t trained and annointed by the old leaders. What’s the adage about new wine/old skins?

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2 Responses to “Uncircling the wagons”

  1. Chris Thompson Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    George, thanks for the link. As Ed and others have noted it’s likely the new leaders will come from the edge. The elected official I quoted is from the southern part of our region. I’m not how comfortable she would be being quoted, but I’ll find ways to highlight her and her performance in the future. The new leaders are out there.

  2. Ed Morrison Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Chris:

    Spread these around:

    http://snurl.com/ahsj5

    and

    http://snurl.com/ahskf

    It’s no time for leaders to be fearful.