In Ted Rall's column this week (CHOOSE ONE: LOYALTY OR GLORY) he points out how people in key positions needing to speak up when it makes a difference.
I've said it elsewhere, but after a recent Ten Year Forecast with Institute for the Future, where work was done on citizens' Superhero attributes I was struck by how much it felt to me that the 25-45 crowd was explaining how the world has changed to the 45-65 (plus?) crowd. In other words, it's another one of those Generation X Leadership moments.
If Viet Nam was a litmus test where Boomers thought deeply about the nature of violence within society and what an individuals' role and responsibiity was to themself, their nation, and their world, then adjusting the political world -- in all organizations: philanthropic, corporate, and NGO -- is the purview of Gen X.
Whom are you willing to be loyal to? For how long? Why would you stop? Under what circumstances would you choose to put those you protect at short-term risk because of your convictions about long-term risks?
here's a related comment . How important is it for boomers to read between the lines when someone claims to be a TBL or socially responsible soul? Do we have daily litmus tests? How important is integrity in ourselves and what we demand of others?
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Posted by: MFaswitch | May 29, 2007 at 01:42 PM