Instead of an “energy industry,” I see a resource addiction that saps money and preserves self-destructive expectations. I see, instead of food and education “industries,” an obesity epidemic and a debt-driven education crisis. Instead of a pharmaceutical industry, I see a new set of mental and physical discontents, like rates of suspiciously normally “abnormal” mental illnesses and drugs whose lists of “side effects” are longer than the Magna Carta. Instead of a “media industry,” I see news that actually misinforms instead of enlightening — rusting the beams of democracy — and entertainment that merely titillates.
via Is a Well-Lived Life Worth Anything? – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review.
The wide variety of articles on leadership covers well items from the basic topics such as the difference between managers and leaders to how someone can be both (and the tensions that can cause!). Two of the best articles were on how leaders really spend their time during the day and how leaders foster an environment in which other people can also be identified and brought forward as leaders.
I would’ve rated this five stars, but there are a couple of articles (on ‘defining moments’ and CEOs) that weren’t a complete waste of time but seemed too far divorced from the typical leader within a company that I was surprised the HBR didn’t find something more likely to be widely applicable to fill the space.