http://www.rants.org/2008/11/07/the-briefing/ Thoughts, musings, and rants by Karl Fogel Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha http://www.rants.org/2008/11/07/the-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-52080 Karl Fogel Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:13:01 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=184#comment-52080 I'd settle for "understands the consequences of what he does"; creativity would be a bonus. I’d settle for “understands the consequences of what he does”; creativity would be a bonus.

]]> http://www.rants.org/2008/11/07/the-briefing/comment-page-1/#comment-52078 Rotten Apple Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:58:19 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=184#comment-52078 He has got an Ivy League background. Most Ivy Leaguers at this level are extremely polite, well behaved, articulate (Exception #1: Bush) etc. Their tend to be initially very reassuring for most middle class folks. But most of them are basically bean counters, and are good at coloring within the lines. Their real side unravels rather slowly. The job of the president is a manager for sure , but he is much more than that. The current situation calls for creativity. I worked till recently for a startup headed by an Ivy league guy - incredibly bright and articulate; he could talk you into doing anything. But I realized after two years that he was just chasing tail lights and was not very creative. Hmm, not a very good analogy, but I can't think of anything better. Like you said, let's hope Obama is Obama for the sake of world peace. He has got an Ivy League background. Most Ivy Leaguers at this level are extremely polite, well behaved, articulate (Exception #1: Bush) etc. Their tend to be initially very reassuring for most middle class folks. But most of them are basically bean counters, and are good at coloring within the lines. Their real side unravels rather slowly. The job of the president is a manager for sure , but he is much more than that. The current situation calls for creativity. I worked till recently for a startup headed by an Ivy league guy – incredibly bright and articulate; he could talk you into doing anything. But I realized after two years that he was just chasing tail lights and was not very creative. Hmm, not a very good analogy, but I can’t think of anything better. Like you said, let’s hope Obama is Obama for the sake of world peace.

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