"Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street ... thoughts on Year One"
Fifteen years ago, I ran across a book, "100 Most Influential People in History," during one of my dalliances to my local Marin County bookstore. "Influential People" was one man's assessment on exactly that. But how he determined his rankings was the interesting part. They weren't always the reasons you would think. But after thinking about it, they made complete sense. For example:George Washington was ranked in the top 40 of all time. Understandable. But the reason why ... not so much. You…See More
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And it is conceiveable to me that the shift from being "ME" focussed to "ME&WE" focussed that is central to my sense of what Occupy (the 99%) is all about may help us make the shift.
The Occupy process may have the potential for exerting that kind of leadership. (Thanks for asking.)
You asked for my thoughts about leadership.
Off the top of my head, this occurd to me. The key idea, as I conceive it, is that we each "lead": ourselves, so leadership involves helping others (individuals, groups, and larger numbers of people) clarify the direction in which they want to go -- so they can then "lead" their own lives. It is conceivable to me that such "leadership" could be experienced on a global scale.