Remove Commitment Remove Osgood Remove Politics
article thumbnail

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.

Osgood 136
article thumbnail

“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. Public entrepreneurs build something from nothing with resources — be they financial capital or human talent or new rules — they didn’t command.