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recent bookmarks from jerrykingCharles V. Hamilton2024-02-20T18:59:47+00:00
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q1CpAQTmWpFvWiefo7yBVWh0etFgzdXmnMRzqXxfE34/edit
jerrykingobituaries African-Americans authors behind-the-scenes Black_Power books coming_together-closing_ranks Daniel_Moynihan Democrats institutional_racism PhDs political_organizing political_science scholars self-interest Stokely_Carmichael Tuskegee uChicago writershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:a5ddecc93123/First They Came2024-02-11T23:51:45+00:00
https://www.hmd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/First-They-Came-with-new-branding.pdf
jerrykingspeaking_out poems selfishness egocentrism empathy lessons_learned perspective-taking self-centered self-interest Talmudic_debate what's_in_it_for_them? Nazis Franklin's_Law persecution looking_out_for_each_otherhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:e75d8cf2f10e/Your Bad - Most People Worry About Themselves First2023-03-03T14:40:48+00:00
https://robertglazer.com/friday-forward/communicating-bad-news/
jerryking>selfish<<, we do tend to view each situation based on how it impacts us directly, rather than how it affects others. This is why the “bad for you” approach often gets a better reaction than the “bad for me” option—it orients things around the person’s own perspective [i.e. = "Empathy is the ability to see the world through someone else’s eyes."], rather than requiring them to focus on someone else.[i.e. = "perspective-taking"]
Skilled leaders and communicators excel at leveraging the “bad for you” approach. When they explain things to people on their teams, they do so in a way that is objective and realistic, but focus particularly on how the team members are affected, rather than the leader or the organization as a whole.
The next time you are asked to do more with less, or need to give feedback about something that did not go well, think about orientating your approach around the “bad for you” frame. That’s the best way to ensure the other person sees the entire picture from their own vantage point.[i.e. = "what's in it for them?"]
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Quote of the Week:
“We see the world not as it is, but as we are.” – Talmud. This is the polar opposite of Peter Drucker's definition of intellectual integrity: "...the ability to see the world as it is, not as you want it to be,"
]]>bad_news bad_options Communications_&_Connecting leadership lessons_learned quotes Robert_Glazer self-centered self-interest selfishness Talmudic_debate what's_in_it_for_them? intellectual_integrity egocentrism empathy perspective-takinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:1a94286c1bf9/Opinion: Canada needs a dose of economic realpolitik - The Globe and Mail2022-04-06T10:41:20+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-needs-a-dose-of-economic-realpolitik/
jerrykingagriculture brain_gain Canada economic_security economic_sovereignty energy fertilizers GoC human_capital invasions Keystone_XL Mark_Wiseman Ottawa petro-dictators realpolitik refugees Russia self-interest strategic_thinking talent Ukraine Vladimir_Putin war_for_talent seizing_opportunities long-term_growthhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:b18cb8a0137c/Biden’s French snub is a warning to Europe2021-09-22T02:02:25+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/0085b2ce-9705-46b3-9038-923e27683b9c
jerryking>friend<<, not its eternal benefactor — stands enhanced. It has been a good summer for the cause of “strategic autonomy” from America......The US was willing to bruise France to sign Aukus for the same reason it was willing to upset much of Europe to leave Afghanistan. The priority is >>China<<. It is impossible for the EU to match and perhaps even to understand the all-consuming nature of this fixation.... Wall Street, it is true, has softened of late: there is too much Chinese wealth that needs deft management for a fee. But Washington itself is an even more bellicose place than when the superpowers exchanged tariffs in 2018....And this, remember, is under a Democratic president. If Joe Biden is willing to spurn an ally in Europe for a smaller one in the right “theatre”, a Republican successor is hardly going to refrain......There is a strange notion doing the rounds that Biden’s foreign policy lacks coherence and — can you ever forgive him? — a “doctrine”. It is something said of almost every president at this stage of their tenure. It is less true of this one than any in recent times. One theme connects his exit from Afghanistan, his grudging tolerance of a gas pipeline from Russia to Europe and his refusal to pick a fight with Saudi Arabia over sundry misdeeds. It is the minimisation of non-Chinese claims on US resources and attention. When Biden is proactive — enhancing the Quad, which meets this week, or forming Aukus — it is almost always in China’s region. There is nothing obscure or ambiguous about this strategic monomania. He is, if anything, coherent to a fault......The mystery is all Europe’s. Will it accept the obvious about America? If so, to what extent will it make its own arrangements? The continent tends to blame brusque treatment from the US on the personal vagaries of its leader: cowboy George W Bush, aloof Barack Obama, feral Donald Trump. Even as relations sour under a fourth consecutive president, it feels improper to suggest that the problem is structural.
For US purposes, Europe is badly located. While the Nazi and then Soviet threat made it the strategic crux of the world, the continent could count on geography alone to command a hearing in Washington. It now has to earn it through military brawn [i.e. = "hard power"] and a less fragmented foreign policy. Yes, the first is expensive. The second is a political near-impossibility. For a sense of the alternative, though, the EU has the past month or so to chew on......Still, in the round, Paris gets the US more right than some easily mesmerized European capitals. [The U.S. ] is a state with interests,[i.e. = "national interests"/"self-interest"] as any other. It is not isolationist, just ever more Asian in its priorities. Having such military clout, it tends to prize the same in other countries: an ally that brings little matériel to bear won’t be consulted out of good manners [i.e. ="political expediency"], as the Afghan farce showed.
The lesson here for the >>EU<< is plain, and it comes via a founding member’s bitter experience. How disorientating to be >>humiliated<< and >>vindicated<< all at once.
]]>China_rising Delhi France hard_power Janan_Ganesh Joe_Biden maritime monomania network_power quantum_computing security_&_intelligence strategic_autonomy superpowers the_Quad United_Kingdom U.S.foreign_policy unsentimental Washington_D.C. artificial_intelligence Asia_Pacific AUKUS Australia balance_of_power China collective_security containment deterrence PACOM strategic_geography submarines U.S. U.S._military U.S._Navy wake-up_calls Indo-Pacific pivot-to-Asia EU friendships humiliation national_interests political_expediency self-interest vindicationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:3f397bff4956/Miles’ Law: Where You Stand?2021-02-01T12:04:49+00:00
https://notes.pinboard.in/u:jerryking/2716fd3e8d0a26c6cb78
jerrykingMiles’_Law quotes self-interest incentives interests self-preservation what's_in_it_for_them?https://notes.pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:5647272ea9cb/The US needs a new JP Morgan to lead the fight against Huawei2020-08-07T03:27:37+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/ff2b91f7-d8b2-43c7-a4de-fc8f188fba8d
jerryking5G books crisis Donald_Trump Ericsson financial_crises financiers Huawei JP_Morgan leadership Nokia panic patriotism Peter_Thiel single-handedly technical_standards historical_lessons Warren_Buffett crisis_of_confidence business_interests public_funding public_interest self-interest short-term_thinking public-spiritedness global_economy long-term_greedy profit-seeking national_initiatives national_interestshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:7546960c38fd/Opinion | Amid Coronavirus, America Needs a More Just Society2020-04-12T06:07:37+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/coronavirus-inequality-america.html
jerrykingcrisis editorials income_inequality politics public_health Abraham_Lincoln Carpe_diem capitalism COVID-19 disease Donald_Trump economic_security equality_of_opportunity expropriations fecklessness greed healthcare inequities leadership market_society oversight pandemics policymaking post-coronavirus_era poverty public_confidence public_education public_institutions public_investments public_schools racial_disparities resilience safety_nets self-interest White_House zoning seizing_opportunitieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:0eed775bc653/‘We’re Self-Interested’: The Growing Identity Debate in Black America - The New York Times2019-11-09T04:57:06+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/slavery-black-immigrants-ados.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=US%20News
jerrykingAfrican-Americans identity_politics ADOS under-representation ancestry blackness slavery immigrants self-interesthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:4361fba0bf87/I’m not calling to revive WASP culture. Just to learn from it.2018-12-09T18:27:35+00:00
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-not-calling-to-revive-wasp-culture-just-to-learn-from-it/2018/12/06/a19d5eea-f99d-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html
jerrykingFareed_Zakaria George_H.W._Bush elitism meritocratic The_Establishment self-restraint arbitrariness aristocracies chivalry codes_of_conduct humility luck modesty public-spiritedness second-level_thinking self-interest short-term_thinking social_responsibility virtues WASPs panderinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:38c123a8b96b/Why It’s So Hard to Put ‘Future You’ Ahead of ‘Present You’ - The New York Times2018-09-10T20:58:21+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/smarter-living/why-its-so-hard-to-put-future-you-ahead-of-present-you.html?fallback=0&recId=1A25uHo7uHHNgwlyfWzobkaYv75&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=NH&recAlloc=control&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-living-vi&imp_id=947553847&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage
jerryking>future self<< as … you......Let’s say you habitually neglect your retirement savings. Instead of looking at future saving as making “financial decisions,” put yourself in the mind-set of thinking about the lifestyle you want when you’re retired. Picture yourself however many years hence, now retired, living the life you set up. Experts say this simple paradigm shift can change your entire approach to those decisions — even though they’re exactly the same.
Yes, this idea of future projection — “What will my life be like after I make this decision?” — is difficult to wrap your head around, especially when Future You is getting a better deal than Present You.
]]>biases present_bias procrastination self-interest self-sabotage visioning short-term_thinking retirement_savings future_selveshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:d776addc2d1b/US and China must find ways to control their elites | Financial Times2018-07-02T23:13:07+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/24a64504-7ba9-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d
jerrykingU.S. China elitism Rana_Foroohar the_One_Percent self-interest books economists Mancur_Olson entrenched_interests Achilles’_heel Xi_Jinping corruption Chinese_Communist_Party conflicts confrontations U.S.-China_relations societal_collapsehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:aa7f032c5252/Donald Trump Poisons the World2017-06-03T11:28:51+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/donald-trump-poisons-the-world.html
jerrykingop-ed climate_change Donald_Trump Gary_Cohn decoupling worldviews WSJ H.R._McMaster selfishness U.S.foreign_policy Greek realism George_Marshall Marshall_Plan self-interest autocrats Thucydides David_Brooks transactional_relationships national_interests institutions international_system values human_behavior commonwealth statesmen strongmen human_nature high-minded morality political_staffers self-destructivehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:813c4dd99133/What Romantic Regime Are You In?2017-03-10T09:13:09+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/what-romantic-regime-are-you-in.html?src=me&_r=0
jerrykingromantic_love David_Brooks reciprocity self-interest covenants Russia lifelong marriage relationships commitments transformational parenting serving_others gardening purpose Russians selflessness unselfishness devotion personal_sacrifice collective_purpose highest_purpose consciousness-shaped_interplay pick_causes_bigger_than_yourselfhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:8de6d2780c57/Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Be Two-Faced - The New York Times2016-10-24T14:44:41+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/opinion/campaign-stops/why-hillary-clinton-needs-to-be-two-faced.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
jerrykingHillary_Clinton Campaign_2016 hypocrisy doublespeak politics back-room_dealmaking political_strategy self-interest Abraham_Lincoln interests private_positions public_posturing moral_compromises personal_gainhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:37a3afcebb33/Training Wheels for Treasury Secretaries - WSJ2015-02-20T14:37:01+00:00
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1039567440385527153?cb=logged0.45679701142944396
jerrykingpublic_choice appointments Holman_Jenkins interests politicians public_servants politics U.S.Treasury_Department incentives self-interest public_goods behaviours organizational_structure public_behavior bureaucrats institutional_power mandarins technocrats rule-setting rule-writing what's_in_it_for_them? virtuously incentive_structureshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:b0900d5450c7/The New Establishment: The Decline And Fall of the Eastern Empire2013-12-16T14:32:12+00:00
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/1994/10/old-establishment-decline-199410
jerrykingHenry_Kissinger profile Harvard David_Halberstam APNSA gifted_amateurs natural_ability self-aggrandizement self-interest power-hunger the_Establishment power_brokers self-consciousness self-creationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:42807013d1c7/Why Machiavelli Still Matters - NYTimes.com2013-12-10T13:41:28+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/opinion/why-machiavelli-matters.html?smid=tw-share
jerryking>originality<<.
Set aside what you would like to imagine about politics [i.e. = that it is "morally noble" or "high-minded"], Machiavelli writes, and instead go straight to the truth of how things really work [i.e. = "intellectual integrity"], or what he calls the “effectual truth.” [Effectual truth means not only that the truth will have an effect, a consequence, but also that its effect will show. Those who try to live by a profession of good will fail and be shown to fail. ] You will see that allies in politics, whether at home or abroad, are not friends....Machiavelli teaches that in a world where so many are not good, you must learn to be able to not be good. The virtues taught in our secular and religious schools are incompatible with the virtues one must practice to safeguard those same institutions.[i.e. = "cunning" and "a willingness to engage, when necessary, in moral compromises"] The power of the lion and the cleverness of the fox: These are the qualities a leader must harness to preserve the republic.
For such a leader, allies are friends when it is in their interest to be. (We can, with difficulty, accept this lesson when embodied by a Charles de Gaulle; we have even greater difficulty when it is taught by, say, Hamid Karzai.) What’s more, Machiavelli says, leaders must at times inspire fear not only in their foes but even in their allies — and even in their own ministers. ]]>Niccolò_Machiavelli indispensable advice friendships politics interests consigliere leaders self-interest fear adaptability political_power self-preservation effectiveness Charles_de_Gaulle negative_space primers cynicism cunning Medicis political_expediency virtues moral_compromises high-minded intellectual_integrity originalityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9810a2a798cd/Fear the military with a timetable of its own - The Globe and Mail2013-12-02T00:58:52+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/fear-the-military-with-a-timetable-of-its-own/article15657533/#dashboard/follows/
jerrykingDoug_Saunders timelines WWI Margaret_MacMillan books history bureaucracies national_interests clockwork overeagerness political_leaders pandering self-interest Bosnia confrontationshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:b053dd5e13cc/What is good for a business isn’t necessarily good for the country2013-11-12T12:52:37+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/what-is-good-for-a-business-isnt-necessarily-good-for-the-country/article13957552/
jerrykingeconomics national_interests rent-seeking Adam_Smith self-interest delusions business_interests humility misconceptions business_acumen product_development marketing pro-business policymaking businessman_fallacy collusionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:068aa2b82597/The Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent -2013-09-11T23:33:10+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/the-self-destruction-of-the-1-percent.html?src=me&ref=general&pagewanted=all
jerrykingChrystia_Freeland Venice social_mobility elitism city-states history winner-take-all The_One_Percent income_inequality income_distribution moguls capitalism self-interest social_classes depopulation cronyism crony_capitalism new_entrants lobbying business_interests self-destructive oligarchs pro-business pro-market entrenched_interests locked_in Renaissance economic_clouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:4f5cf98ff62b/A radical idea for union leaders: partnership - The Globe and Mail2013-08-20T17:37:21+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a-radical-idea-for-union-leaders-partnership/article13815907/
jerryking>Unions<< know they have an image problem, but just can’t seem to shake their old habits. A secret CAW-CEP discussion paper prepared last year identified the “growing negative >>public opinion<< of unions, and the view that unions are >>self-interested<< and outdated” as one of the factors requiring a radical rethinking of the union movement’s overall strategy..................Yet, instead of **looking in the mirror**, most union leaders and their apologists still prefer to blame someone else for the public antipathy toward >>organized labour<<. ...............Unions in Germany and Sweden have remained strong and relevant by spurning protectionism and in favour of >>partnering<< with employers to increase >>productivity<<. They have embraced technology and innovation, even if it has led to layoffs in uncompetitive sectors of the economy. With robust training programs, they ensure their work forces are constantly upgrading their skills in order to make their countries the world leaders in advanced manufacturing. Though well paid, unionized workers in Sweden and Germany have kept their wage demands modest in the interest of whole economy. Job sharing was widespread during the recession............It's unlikely Canadian union leaders will morph into consensus-loving Germans or Swedes any time soon. >>Confrontation<< is what they know best. But if Unifor is to become a truly constructive partner in Canada's economic success, the merger must lead to more than a name change.]]>unions mergers_&_acquisitions partnerships Konrad_Yakabuski radical_ideas public_image public_opinion self-interest self-serving confrontations man_in_the_mirror organized_labour productivity Uniforhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:51d0cbc0b64b/In search of genomic incentives - The Globe and Mail2012-12-21T02:12:29+00:00
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/in-search-of-genomic-incentives/article6534106/?service=mobile
jerrykinggenomics innovation medical personalization personalized_medicine aligned_interests drug_development perverse_incentives parochialism pairs scientific_breakthroughs self-interest incentives medical_evidencehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:235544e37ad9/On the folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B2012-07-26T14:52:06+00:00
http://www.sba.oakland.edu/Faculty/york/Readings434/Readings/On%20the%20folly.pdf
jerrykingrewards control_systems organizational_behaviour incentives fallacies_follies reward_systems self-interest perverse_incentiveshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:15837494e177/WikiLeaks: Unpluggable2010-12-05T11:46:42+00:00
http://www.economist.com/node/17633606
jerrykingWikiLeaks diplomacy Communicating_&_Connecting security_&_intelligence confidentiality self-interest opacity private_information self-censorship back-room_dealmaking private_positions public_posturing euphemisms secrecy secrets gossip horse-trading scuttlebutt doublespeak operating_in_the_shadows dullness leakshttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:a463a74d9cd0/Welcome home, Mr. MacIsaac2010-05-12T06:58:42+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/murray-campbell-on-the-news-welcome-home-mr-macisaac/article25454246/
jerryking>feel good<<.[i.e. = "it's not gratuitously thrown about, it is quietly purposeful"/"softly, softly"] Power begets power.
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Boyce Watkins reprising a 1996 article he wrote about the injustice of the NCAA not allowing athletes to be compensated.....June 22, 2021
Organization is the key to fundamental change. Through coordinated, selfless behavior, athletes might be]]>police_force change organized_labour quotes police_unions self-interest organizational_structure power_brokers political_power Toronto_Police_Association confrontations systematic_approaches Machiavellian self-perpetuation noise behind-the-scenes Murray_Campbell political_organizing institutional_power softly-softly feel_goodhttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:37d5a4f707ae/