The president of the Sea Education Association and former Mayor of New Bedford was a great guide and teacher when I was studying oceanography, maritime studies, and nautical science in the class of 191 on the Sea Education Association. He has some wise words on global leadership today.
The best leaders distinguish between what is “urgent…and what is important”. He says global warming is the urgent thing and I agree. “Right now, human beings may be the only species whose elimination would benefit all other species” (SEA 9). This is frighteningly true. It is, as Bullard puts it, because of our “Hubris….arrogance, ignorance, and denial – a fatal combination” (SEA 9). The best leaders can “gauge the magnitude” between the urgency and importance of issues and act tactfully as a result. We really need to all start acting as leaders with these concepts of leadership in mind.
-- Following SEA; Winter/Spring 2007
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