The Leading Myth

Truly successful leaders don't even try to control events. They recognize that the only way to direct a large group of people is through some ruling idea. That’s what they supply: a vision to believe in; a set of ideas to guide the thousands of individual decisions being made every day without any direct input from them.

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Nor will the myth of leader as “man of action” serve our needs. Thought without action has long been the stock-in-trade of academic ivory towers, but action without thought—the hallmark of the current crop of macho managers—is far worse. Plenty of people can take action, but it requires someone (or some team) with real wisdom and insight to guide that action wisely.

-[ Debunking today's mythology of leadership via Slow Leadership]-

Replace "leader" with "director" if you prefer.

Esoteric Technoism

I made the switch last week. All my biki.net e-mail is now being pulled into my gmail account and I almost couldn't be happier. I just wish it was easier to maintain a "zero inbox" philosophy within Gmail. At the moment, I need to use a separate "toAction" filter to flag e-mails that need follow up.

That is all.