Courageous community of action
To lead for real public value, we need leaders who are willing to:
face the hard stuff with hope
believe we’re in this together and act like it
lead with relationships, not just transactions
think beyond the short-term wins and focus on long-term impact
break down silos and think holistically
measure what matters not just what’s easy to count
let compassion drive action not just intention.
In closing
If overall public value were to drive decision making this would lead to better and more sustainable outcomes.
2. I believe leadership should come from a place of courage, compassion, and conviction. Decisions should be made with people, not just about them. Because public value should mean something again.
3. The future we need won’t be managed into existence. It has to be led — with courage, compassion, and connection.
For me I want to connect with others who are not only want to provide and build capability in clients and decision makers but also provide and build courage, with compassion, in clients and decision makers to make better decisions for better outcomes and the public can see the value. Even when its uncomfortable and there is high ambiguity.
We need a courageous community of action of those who want to connect and build trust with other like-minded people:
· To openly share experiences and knowledge
· To collectively listen and learn from each other
· To help build courage
· To think deeply
· To speak up and act out of compassion to influence decisions that will measurably improve living standards
· who resonate with my top 3 favorite quotes
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard solid thinking. There is almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” Martin Luther King, Jnr.
“We think we're much more rational than we are and that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision”. Daniel Kahneman.
Whatever decisions are made by Government and Industry it is communities that need to live with them. So, we need more resilient, suburbs, districts and regions. The more resilient they are the more they can speak with their local voices providing local intelligence to inform Government and Industry decisions. “Confidential Source”
If you are interested in creating such a relational community to launch in March 2026, please make contact here https://www.barberassociates.org/makaecontact
To lead for real public value, we need leaders who are willing to:
face the hard stuff with hope
believe we’re in this together and act like it
lead with relationships, not just transactions
think beyond the short-term wins and focus on long-term impact
break down silos and think holistically
measure what matters not just what’s easy to count
let compassion drive action not just intention.
In closing
If overall public value were to drive decision making this would lead to better and more sustainable outcomes.
2. I believe leadership should come from a place of courage, compassion, and conviction. Decisions should be made with people, not just about them. Because public value should mean something again.
3. The future we need won’t be managed into existence. It has to be led — with courage, compassion, and connection.
For me I want to connect with others who are not only want to provide and build capability in clients and decision makers but also provide and build courage, with compassion, in clients and decision makers to make better decisions for better outcomes and the public can see the value. Even when its uncomfortable and there is high ambiguity.
We need a courageous community of action of those who want to connect and build trust with other like-minded people:
· To openly share experiences and knowledge
· To collectively listen and learn from each other
· To help build courage
· To think deeply
· To speak up and act out of compassion to influence decisions that will measurably improve living standards
· who resonate with my top 3 favorite quotes
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard solid thinking. There is almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” Martin Luther King, Jnr.
“We think we're much more rational than we are and that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision”. Daniel Kahneman.
Whatever decisions are made by Government and Industry it is communities that need to live with them. So, we need more resilient, suburbs, districts and regions. The more resilient they are the more they can speak with their local voices providing local intelligence to inform Government and Industry decisions. “Confidential Source”
If you are interested in creating such a relational community to launch in March 2026, please make contact here https://www.barberassociates.org/makaecontact