The most significant single determinant of successful management, democracy and policing is the consent of those being managed. This thought struck me this morning as I reflected on some of the news items I picked up over the weekend:
There is a trend toward venture capital buying out public companies because the regulations and oversight of public companies are too "burdensome."
London First is lobbying the Government to ask the Prime Minister to encourage everybody to go back to their offices to keep the businesses that support those offices afloat.
The Olympics in Japan is being pushed through despite the overwhelming objection of the people who live there.
I think that noise we can hear in the background that sounds like a choir of grinding teeth is the sound of bureaucracies bumping into emerging realities.
The changes we are feeling represent a crucial period, similar to ones we have experienced before when cars took over from horses, planes took over from trains, mobile took over …
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