The notion of experience has come up in a topic in the presidential election.  The concept of experience cannot be used as a sledgehammer.  In this audio, we discuss how experience is a multi-dimensional concept to which we should pay attention.  All of us, not just politicians, should be sensitive as to how the term “experience” is used.
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Making The Creatively Informed Questioner
Author: Stuart Basefsky
The quintessential leader is an informed leader.  So it is said. However, this concept of being informed seems to lack definition and purpose. What does it mean to be informed? And what is the role of information in leadership?
People often think that leaders are informed because they are educated or quick learners. To some extent this may be true. A more realistic view would be that they use their …

Proactive leaders have two political capacities: One to mobilize people and get them on your side and second to sustain momentum and keep people on their side. Success depends on both. In Thomas Friedman’s column in todays NY Times, he points out what Obama and the Democrats must do in order to reclaim momentum.
Friedman is absolutely right. One capacity leaders must have in order to sustain momentum is to speak from their gut. This column …