governance

What is Science Fiction? It is the absence of governance and political arrangements in worlds where advanced technology marches onwards. Petty politics and primal instincts continue to dominate while scientific advancement continues. This is our problem today as well: our brightest minds devote themselves to science but shun governance and politics. So as in each catastrophe conjured and contemplated in science fiction, we run the risk of cosmic destruction, lest our greatest minds turn to resolving the outstanding problems of politics and governance first.

The only way to ensure democracy functions correctly is to question its governance constantly. Fail to do so and you may awake to find yourself living in a police state.

Power is the ability to direct or privent the current or future actions of other groups and individuals.

A society is driven by __ocial fear__ always produces the seeds of doubt and unhappiness.

Change can only take place if we desire the change.

In politics, it often pays to be ahead of the curve. That holds true for corporate governance too, even more so when politics enter the equation.

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the stupid leader and so on ad nauseam.

Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.

A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.

Direct democracy is lazy anarchy, for people who don't want to be governed but are too lazy to govern themselves. They want participation served to them.

Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them.

Who controls the words controls your thoughts.

No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect of the devil within us. By studying the character and nature of Satan, we learn about ourselves; and the more we know about ourselves, the better we can fight our own personal demons__etaphorical or otherwise__n order to create a better tomorrow

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Most of the inhabitants of India do not mind how India is governed. Nor are the lower animals of England concerned about England, but in the tropics the indifference is more prominent, the inarticulate world is closer at hand and readier to resume control as soon as men are tired.

Metaphorically, governance is like a __teer,_ Risk Management is like a __rake.

There is a difference between needy and helpless. While doling out free benefits to the needy is condemnable, the helpless must be assisted to get their lives back on track. No one should be living in fear or under oppressive conditions.

A focused Board concentrates on strategy oversight and governance practices, to avoid getting lost in the forest.