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An addendum to David Brooks Piece on President as Leader

Posted by Robert Hurley on Friday, January 13, 2012, In : Opinions

As I expect from Brooks (NYT Jan 12 The CEO in Politics), an insightful view of leadership. I agree with Brook's view but would add a few "must haves" to be a great President based on my 2012 book The Decision to Trust - 1) a few of Brook's points (e.g., instrumentality), can be expressed as "they are great stewards" which implies they serve the larger interests and take a long term perspective. 2) It is political judgment "plus"; beyond political judgment, they also need to be good decision ...

Facebook FTC Settlement is Not Trustworthy

Posted by Robert Hurley on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, In : Opinions

Facebook and the FTC settled a complaint today concerning privacy. Since its inception, Facebook has had to induce trust to get people to share things about themselves. One way they did this was to tell people that they could control their own privacy on the site. Trust helps people overcome thei...