For a nation that has long prided itself on being the personification of freedom in an otherwise unfree world, we’ve been sending some pretty mixed messages lately. If one is to believe our so-called mainstream and conservative media outlets, we are essentially being offered a choice of aligning ourselves with the lying socialists or the racist … [Read more...]
Freedom Leadership: America’s Opportunity
January 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
Futurist John Naisbitt wrote in Mindset that success in the 21st Century will go to the opportunity leaders, not the problem solvers. America hasn’t yet figured this out. The focus of our leaders — political, corporate, media — seems mostly on problems. As Fareed Zakaria argues, the current debate in the United States is totally out of touch … [Read more...]
The New Global Aristocratic Class & the Decline of Free Enterprise
January 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
While regulation increases and economic freedom decreases in America, other nations are going the opposite direction. In order to remain prosperous and strong, America must revive the principles of free enterprise that made her great. Three New Hotspots In a two-day span, the New York Times ran two articles -- "The Tel Aviv Cluster" and "Is … [Read more...]
America’s Seven-Party System, Part V: Independents & Independence
November 28, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Read Part IV Here The 7th Faction: Independents and Independence Who are these people that vacillate between the parties? Are they wishy-washy, never-satisfied uber-idealist pessimists? Are they the weakest among us? Why don’t they just pick a party … [Read more...]
Diplomacy: The New Battle Call
November 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The drastic shift from the Third Turning to the Fourth Turning has begun to transform paradigms and organizational forms in every aspect of society (see The Fourth Turning by Strauss and Howe). As we begin to see the unraveling of politics, economics, and societal norms, the message of warning and the sentiment of the inevitability of change … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Producers, Part 7: Overcoming 3 Crucial Mistakes
September 14, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part 7 of a 7-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Read Part 6 Here Many producers make three predictable mistakes. Any producer who knows these mistakes and avoids them will be a better producer and create more lasting value in society. Producer Mistake #1: The Generation … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Producers, Part 6: The Synergy of Created Value
September 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is part 6 of a 7-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Read Part 7 Here For any company to succeed, all five types of producers must fulfill their unique roles. This is even more true for any nation. Producer … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Producers, Part 3: Statesmen
September 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 7-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Read Part 6 Here Read Part 7 Here The next type of creating value comes from statesmen. Do not confuse statesmen with politicians and bureaucrats, who are often worse than non-producers because they actually engage in … [Read more...]
The Calm Before the Storm
July 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
Years ago I moderated a discussion about the writings of John Adams and how much we need to apply today the things he taught more than two centuries ago. One of the participants asked poignantly, “So what do we DO about all this?” Others expressed similar concerns: Theory is okay, but what can really be done to impact society the way the … [Read more...]
Leadership in a Fourth Turning
April 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In 1997, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe unveiled the book of the century, rather for the coming century entitled, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy –- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny. The Fourth Turning predicted 9/11. It predicted the real estate bubble, the banking bubble, the … [Read more...]
