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I Have a Dream – A Sustainable Leadership Model in the Political Arena
Posted By Michael Nothdurft On December 8, 2011 @ 07:29 In Corporate Social Responsibility, Editorial, Leadership, Management | Comments Disabled
It is December 08th, 2026.
The leaders of our world achieved a breakthrough in mastering the climate change.
The solid cooperation between the new economic powers in the east, South America, the United States and the “old world” has been celebrated for the 10th year.
Nations and different cultures learned how to cooperate for the survival of our planet. The amount of conflicts is on the lowest level since decades.
People started to request influence on important decisions and the societies learned that real participation makes a difference. The wisdom of the many produced excellent and sustainable solutions.
The biggest impact for this change is granted to a modified political leadership model.
The requirements I have stated for good leadership in the political area may be very optimistic or even utopian, but I can see first elements being realized in our communities.
“Who takes the future seriously and really wants to take care of our planet, cannot pass citizen participation as supplement for the political process.”
This statement from an official impressed me. He really lives this statement and supports his communities to to become experts in these methods.
“We will not succeed to solve the future challenges we are facing without integrating the people. We have to motivate as many people as possible to help the politicians on their way.” That has been the statement of a major that has implemented wisdom councils in his community.
Countries are declaring participation as one of the main issues for the following years. In Scandinavia even big administrations have begun to implement that approach. Projects are on the way and democratic participation is taken seriously.
Complex problems cannot be fixed with simple solutions. And as Albert Einstein mentioned: “We cannot solve the problems with the solutions that created these problems”.
So we have to find new ways and have to use as much intelligence as possible.
This means integration of diverse people.
Their wisdom and special experiences, methods and approaches will allow us to create new ideas. The experts do not have the only solution. We have to think outside the box more often. Trial and error may be needed and therefore we should use prototyping even in the social and political arena.
Leaders in the political and social arena will face tremendous challenges.
Compared to leaders in the economic field they are much more seen in the public.
But the list of values they should stand for is even longer.
They have to take care of our environment; they have to assure that the people on our planet can be fed; that we can hand over to our grandchildren a livable planet.
In my understanding these leaders should become again the blueprint for all leaders.
Highly respected and standing for their values and their communities.
They are deeply committed to a good future of the planet as well as their local communities. It may be a difficult balancing act, but for the sake of our future it is worthwhile and I am convinced that the path into that kind of leadership is already paved.
Let´s go for it!
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