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NB: There is a possibility that I will not be finished by 12noon today with an appointment that will be starting mid-morning. The Pulse will start beating as soon as that commitment is complete and I will send a reminder email at that time for folks who might like to jump in. Thanks so much but, as they used to say on Saturday Night Live's Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, "Discuss amongst yawselves!" From the article:
How likely are these bosses-turned-politicians to keep their promises? There are a few successes. Michael Bloomberg has been such a hit as mayor that normally irascible New Yorkers have elected him to a third term. Businesspeople do have more experience of squeezing efficiency gains from the internet than professional politicians and they have less of a vested interest in expanding the supply of government.
But there is little evidence to support the common belief that businesspeople possess management skills that can easily be imported into the public sector. On the contrary, government and business are built on very different principles. For all the fashionable talk about empowering employees, bosses are ultimately the masters of their own domains. There are no civil-service style regulations to protect employees from the wrath of an angry CEO: when he or she says jump, you jump. Company bosses can usually escape from the pressure of public opinion and the glare of publicity that defines political life. Even those who are drafted into politics rather than forced to stand for election, find they are in a far more confusing world than the one they are familiar with.
