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When Everyone’s Responsible, No One’s Responsible

Frank Sonnenberg Online

That reminds me of the “Responsibility Poem” by American journalist Charles Osgood. Do You Take Your Commitments Seriously? The fact is, most people won’t respond to a cry for help, if others are present , because they’ll expect someone else to act. The point being that when everyone’s responsible, no one’s responsible.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

Chris Osgood and Nigel Jacob brought the country’s first major-city mobile 311 app to life, and they are public entrepreneurs. Storytelling is an essential leadership tool and, if anything, this applies even more to public leaders, in whom press and public interest are especially acute. Entrepreneurship Government Leadership'

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Women Directors Change How Boards Work

Harvard Business Review

Dhir , an associate professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, has done extensive research for his forthcoming 2015 book, Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity: Corporate Law, Governance and Diversity. Phillips , the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics, and others have found. Gender Boards Diversity'

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