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When Everyone’s Responsible, No One’s Responsible

Frank Sonnenberg Online

That reminds me of the “Responsibility Poem” by American journalist Charles Osgood. The fact is, most people won’t respond to a cry for help, if others are present , because they’ll expect someone else to act. The point being that when everyone’s responsible, no one’s responsible. His poem illustrates this point very clearly.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

Chris Osgood and Nigel Jacob brought the country’s first major-city mobile 311 app to life, and they are public entrepreneurs. Storytelling is an essential leadership tool and, if anything, this applies even more to public leaders, in whom press and public interest are especially acute. Entrepreneurship Government Leadership'