We are always attracted towards what we are interested in it seems – so I’m not surprised that I saw this article yesterday about probable shortages by 2030. The likelihood of food, water and energy shortages resulting from massive population growth and increasing expectations among the developing nations is a given, though timescales are always questionable.
The real question is what sort of leaders can help us solve the potential disasters?
It seems to me that we need leaders that can see the bigger picture. I’m sure we have those already.
We need leaders that have the resilience to tackle the issues in the face of opposition – lets face it we all hate change. And there may be some tough calls to make.
We need leaders that can inspire people to look for and implement solutions. The facts will undoubedly create fear in many people and the common solution then is to look for someone else to solve it or deny the problem’s existence. I think we need leadership that can overpower fear and concern.
We need a style of leadership that can communicate across all strata in society. Some of us older types need motivational rhetoric, perhaps others need soundbites and brevity. Elements of society need a motivating kick or two and others need an ego realignment.
Yet the real leadership key perhaps may be the skill to foster enghtened self-interest in solving the problems. We’ll always follow what interests us more than what doesn’t, or even scares us.
I think it may only be a global order of magnitude different from what we have now so does anyone want to step up to the plate?
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