We definitely need new leaders with good administrative experience and an eye to the future.
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:17 PM Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter Eckhoff via EV wrote: > > It maybe that we have 512 "captains" and a Commander McBragg. All > > thinking they are right and everybody else is wrong. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_McBragg > > Certainly, we have an excess of Commander McBraggs running many of the > "ships of state" around the world. Equally, the crewmen have little > confidence in their captain's abilities, even if they themselves could > do little better. > > It is fortunate that in times of crisis, great leaders often arise to > take over the situation when the old ineffective leaders cannot cope. > > I am reminded of a story from "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy > Kidder. It documents the frantic race to save a company in the face of > overwhelming odds. > > At one point, the company's CEO buys a new yacht, and takes the heads of > all his departments on a cruise. Being overconfident and inexperienced, > he sails right into a Nor'easter; a violent storm. > > The CEO/captain only knows how to order people around; but not what to > do in the crisis. The other department heads are similarly inept in the > situation; They act true to form; the head of legal trying to get the > Coast Guard to rescue them or find someone to blame, the head of HR (a > doctor) treating injuries from people being thrown about, etc. Nobody is > running the ship. The head of engineering, Tom West, realizes that > incompetence will get them all killed! He decides to take charge. > > Find the operating manual. What does it say to do in a storm? Batten the > hatches, turn on the bilge pumps, lower the sea anchor, drop the sails. > He has to do it himself, as no one else will listen. His motto becomes, > "Forget the rules; forget perfection. Do what works *now*!" > > He saves the ship. And, he has developed the fortitude to go back and > save the company, by designing a new computer to successfully compete in > the market. > > It is my hope that out of the chaos in our world situation, we will find > new leaders that can successfully navigate in the future winds of change. > > Lee Hart > > -- > "Smooth seas do not make skilled sailors" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
