Call it being on brand or just a refreshing break from the Bush years, but when Obama openly siad that he screwed up, it gave me a pause. To me it’s a small but very important gesture from the new administration that there’s a new way of doing business. It’s going to be interesting to see when Obama’s example will start to catch on in the business world, as Fast Company is predicting.
Of course, if you’re operating in the web 2.0 world you feel that this type of openness and new leadership is almost old news. But big business doesn’t work like that, and only a scant few business leaders (A.G. Lafley at P&G for one) have “gotten it” so far. As the president of the United States, Obama is a such a strong icon of leadership and example, that the rest of the management world might finally take note.
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