Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

“Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.” ” -Charles Osgood As we warm-up to Mean It Madness month on Let’s Grow Leaders, I’ve taken our show on the road. I’m honored to be included in the SmartBlog and Switch and Shift Joint series on Communication.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 19, 2021

That reminds me of the “Responsibility Poem” by American journalist Charles Osgood. 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. His poem illustrates this point very clearly.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

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.

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