As the guns fell silent in armistice at 11 am on 11/11 1918, the world vowed it would witness its last war while it determined its victor: though when its victor was found its determination would never succeed.
Victorians. Today you are the world’s first people who have faced and defeated a Covid-19 Wave 2 with statistical validation.
Friday, October 16, dawned as a day of political tumult in Australia. Sky News Australia political editor Andrew Clennell had been pushing for the resignation of New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian over an alleged visa and land corruption scandal, whose boyfriend and disgraced State minister was about to give a final day of testimony before an ICAC probe—while Sky’s Peta Credlin, a former chief of staff to a disgraced prime minister and now tagged as a Liberal Party hopeful, bayed for the blood of Victorian premier Daniel Andrews over alleged cover-ups in a failed Covid-19 hotel quarantine program that had sparked Australia’s Covid-19 Wave 2.
There’s a scene in the epic movie “Patton”, where the namesake’s character walks along the plains of the ancient battlefields of Carthage in Africa and says, “I was here”, believing himself reincarnated as a great leader.
A unique press conference took place in Melbourne the capital of Victoria, Australia, today. One worth noting not just because Covid-19 questions relating to masks, testing, intensive care units, hoaxing and controlling the virus came up but its participants—a state premier and his chief heath officer—allowed themselves to go off the cuff and show some emotion.
Tagged: Brett Sutton, Covid-19, Daniel Andrews, Journalism, Leadership, Scott Morrison, Wave 2
A headline in this morning’s Melbourne The Age newspaper ran, “Not a single call or email”. It was a piece bemoaning Australia’s lack of enthusiasm for their politicians’ announcement the day before of the country’s latest $20 billion job protection program in light of the economic hardships borne by Covid-19. Apparently, no one had called their local representative to say thanks.
Tagged: Covid-19, Global War on Terror, Leadership, Weariness
You’ve come across them on social media, cable media and the traditional media itself. The hoaxers, the manipulators, the conspiracy theorists, the religious extremists, the Karens and Ians. All claim that Covid-19 doesn’t exist or if it does, there’s no need to fix it.
Tagged: Courage, Covid-19, Fear, Gaslighting
This is a Covid-19 message for Melburnians—and any other Australians or people around the world who wish to listen—because there’s another 18 months in this pandemic fight to go, and it doesn’t matter where you live.
Tagged: Covid-19, Dunkirk, El Alamein, End of the Beginning, Masks, Winston Churchill
Leaders are Human. Humans are imperfect. Imperfection breeds error. Error acknowledges imperfection. Imperfection makes one human. Being human defines who a leader will be. So, true leaders don’t lie when mistakes are made. For those judging them are human too. The past then becomes lesson. Lesson breeds better decisions. And when the next decision is made the critique becomes lesson as well. Because trust has then been built. © 2020 Adam Parker.
Tagged: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Crisis, Error, Leadership
They called them “great” Macedonia’s Alexander, England’s Cnut, Russia’s Catherine and Prussia’s Frederick: Some were called “Terrible”, others “Great Khan”. Some were kings while others gods. In fact, a quick search reveals 94 leaders titled “great”, the most recent being past kings of Thailand, formerly Siam.
Tagged: Greatness, Humility, Leadership
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