tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post6331134777279166280..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Whole System ChangeRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-40591303469023443322008-04-22T03:37:00.000-07:002008-04-22T03:37:00.000-07:00LH,I think that you are right on. To get a majorit...LH,<BR/>I think that you are right on. To get a majority of folks to move along with something, there needs to be a sense of emergency.<BR/><BR/>hrh,<BR/>"everybody's different is different" is a rather brilliant way of putting it. I think that this is the simplest way to explain why third parties have never gained traction.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-55870617924309990682008-04-14T19:07:00.000-07:002008-04-14T19:07:00.000-07:00The thing about change is that it is easy to want ...The thing about change is that it is easy to want it because it is different. It is not so easy to do it because it is different. Everybody's different is different. That is why politicians call for change without details. Everyone fills in the details in their own head thinking the politician agrees with them. Nobody agrees with everyone...Texashollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982077447405220888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-9329090146646173092008-04-14T12:38:00.000-07:002008-04-14T12:38:00.000-07:00Here's a little secret about how to sell a new vis...Here's a little secret about how to sell a new vision: create a crisis!<BR/><BR/>Any large organization, company or country has an embedded set of operating principles. As you said, these interlocking systems make change very hard to accomplish. Somehow, people have to be convinced that change is the only option. At that point they become willing to break through the interlocks.<BR/><BR/>The next president needs to do some shock therapy: "This is the course we're on, and this is where we'll be in 10-20-30 years if we don't change our ways in (whatever). This is what we need to do in order to overcome this (whatever). Every day we wait makes it harder for us to succeed. We can do this! Everyone is going to do their part, one step at a time, and this is where we'll be when we're done! Anyone who stands in the way will be hurting us all."<BR/><BR/>That's how wars got won. That's how civil rights got won. That's how we will beat America's tough problems if we get a leader capable of selling good visions for our future.Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-43787722509342776482008-04-14T06:43:00.000-07:002008-04-14T06:43:00.000-07:00cce,it's funny you should say that because the Oba...cce,<BR/>it's funny you should say that because the Obama camp has been hounding me for ideas lately. I tell them - just read the blog and leave comments like everyone else.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-72867650414864766362008-04-14T04:58:00.000-07:002008-04-14T04:58:00.000-07:00I think you should send this post to Obama's handl...I think you should send this post to Obama's handlers. In the best case scenario they all will be inspired. In the worst case scenario they will become terrified and cede the race to Hillary and go home to lick wounds and realize they never meant to change anything, only talk about it. I sincerely hope they are up for the arduous task of reform. I fear they are all just talking election day smack.ccehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867069792357056649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-59562620482226745952008-04-13T23:36:00.000-07:002008-04-13T23:36:00.000-07:00jen,I have nothing but admiration for you in that ...jen,<BR/>I have nothing but admiration for you in that effort. Like you say, the problem of homelessness is not just a problem of homelessness. These seem to me to be design issues - guaranteed problems given the way that markets are structured. It always seem like saying something like this must sound to others like 'blah, blah, blah.'<BR/><BR/>Nick & Milena,<BR/>thanks for encouragement. Your words are so much better than "huh?"<BR/><BR/>LH,<BR/>Well said. I wonder what the trick is to making future possibility soudn like present inevitabiity? That seems like the trick, no?Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-89971603016539474802008-04-13T17:45:00.000-07:002008-04-13T17:45:00.000-07:00"Change begins with a vision of what could be." T..."Change begins with a vision of what could be." Those are the most important words in your post.<BR/><BR/>Americans are pretty good at accomplishing big goals. We put a man on the moon with pitiful little computers in the spaceship. We did a pretty good job of moving civil rights in the right direction. In both cases, leaders were able to communicate a vision that others could believe and implement.<BR/><BR/>Hillary and McCain are not visionaries, but Obama is. He also has excellent communications skills and a personal history that shows that miracles can happen in America if someone has a vision.<BR/><BR/>We need new visions of both America and America's role in the world. Obama's the only candidate who would have the freedom (from vested interests) to stand up, tell the truth, and offer America a more hopeful and successful future if we want to work for it.Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-10659854461050704292008-04-13T17:18:00.000-07:002008-04-13T17:18:00.000-07:00What Sometimes Saintly Nick said.What Sometimes Saintly Nick said.Gypsy at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106152285952023602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-87200861286483128352008-04-13T13:38:00.000-07:002008-04-13T13:38:00.000-07:00Well written and well said, Ron.Well written and well said, Ron.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-28167794936644211462008-04-13T09:08:00.000-07:002008-04-13T09:08:00.000-07:00do i ever know this. dealing w/ homelessness for ...do i ever know this. dealing w/ homelessness for the past decade, i've had to accept how it will never really end no matter how good we are b/c forces at large really aren't invested in seeing this happen. a deeply frustrating situation that beckons for leadership at broad levels, starting at the top.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.com