How is a lie different from an ungrounded assessment, and why does this matter in leadership? Where does a leader’s authority come from? What happens when you provide a well-grounded assessment that doesn’t matter to anyone listening?
I have a hunch that your answers to these questions will help you understand the peculiar and disturbing state of politics in the United States today.
This week on the podcast, Chris Chittenden joins me to make sense of these questions. Chris and I previously spoke about real accountability. This time, he helps me use his powerful ontological lens to understand the age of Trump and simultaneously provide clarity about leadership in organizations.
Highlights
- 12:00 It’s easy to mix up assertions and assessments. Don’t do it!
- 17:00 Assessments help us see what’s good or bad for us
- 20:00 Five steps to grounding an assessment
- 30:00 Obamacare, shifting standards, and the meaning of words
- 43:00 Certainty, autonomy and the fall of empires
- 50:00 The President’s conditional promises
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1:00:00 Who actually gives the President authority?
- 1:05:00 The role of “fake news” in shaping assertions and assessments
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1:25:00 When a country’s executive function has a damaged prefrontal cortex
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