Interesting thoughts regarding President Kennedy, particularly the notion of spokes on a wheel. I have written extensively about Kennedy's decision-making approach, and I find it particularly useful to compare his leadership during the Bay of Pigs vs. Cuban Missile Crisis. He led a highly flawed decision-making process in the first situation, but to his credit, he engaged in some very effective learning after that failure. Kennedy revised his decision process considerably after reflecting on that failure, and he implemented those process improvements during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Those process enhancements, designed to create more candid dialogue and vigorous debate among his senior advisers, are highly applicable to many leadership situations in other fields including business.

The reference here for those interested, is from The Diffusion of Power (1972) by W.W. Rostow, Page 128.

Thank you for presenting this important and timely information. More current Presidents seem to have had personal styles that somehow thought that their methods must never change to validate their beliefs. I studied the Kennedy Administration extensively during my college major (honors grad, so I took JFK seriously in the period of the 20th Anniversary of his passing) and years at NYU in the 80's, and said in a very non-partisan way, I am not naive to JFK's or other Presidents' personal shortcomings,as we all have, yet I am particularly struck by the real and lasting "damage" President Bush's inability or unwillingness to discern between "styles and methods" and "core beliefs" has placed this entire nation. Yet also, in some ways, the problems of the last several years can also be attributed to the differing styles, yet still "not modifying," until too late, of President Clinton, and what that "expensive personal distraction" ultimately cost this nation, in effect, the "selection" of President Bush, one might argue on the merits. Truth in disclosure, I am a registered Independent, what I read is also the fastest growing group of registered voters throughout the United States, and even that I think reflects a lack of faith in our parties and leaders at this especially sad time. Yet hopefully, if, repeat IF, the praise for President Reagan by Senator Obama is not "surpressed," including by the Senator, somehow "hope" and "courage" can actually come to mean something real again, and JFK's decision-making "evolution" provides a realistic, tested, and seriously, BETTER approach for this country and its "citizens of Earth" (whether they like it or not; the environment calls us to no longer be insular at all, let alone the economy!). To each of you that reads this, sincere thanks for trying to tangibly make a proven difference, as I am (we are) through the work that has "chosen us" via enterprisesunrise.com.

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