I've been away from the list for almost a month. How refreshing to come
back to a place where discussions of business and organizational structure
can include quotes from Rumi.
A few phrases in Barry's posting caught my attention... .
On 26 Jun 1995, Barry Mallis wrote:
A leader's role is
> enhanced by becoming aware of that ability most of us naturally have to
> take into account and juggle in our random access memory myriad pieces of
> information from the many side shows surrounding our presence. I have
> always been impressed by leaders who could make connections between
> ostensibly disparate elements, synthesizing them into something fresh,
> insightful and evocative.
Yes. I've been thinking about reasoning, explanations, and names; and
this identifies another, patterning.
This works like Larry Bird on the basketball court: seeing everything that
is going on even when it's behind your head. And seeing yourself _in_ all
of that. From the outside, as it were.
Not from the inside.
The kind of leadership you identify here works spiritually and
intellectually _outside_ itself, not inside. That, I think, is the
difference between ordinary leadership -- going for spectacular dunks --
and the extraordinary kind.
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Regards
Jim Michmerhuizen
jamzen@world.std.com
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