I largely agree with Kalil’s assertion that the White House is mostly about coordinating other actors.
I think it is mainly a terrible failure in this regard, chiefly because it fails to account for the fact that coordinating other actors is a plan that requires execution. The 15-minutes-of-attention standard only works for cases where everyone doing what they would normally do except under the same banner this time is the right answer.
So what do we do when we need something that is currently wrong to change? What about cases where it’s a difficult challenge that has an exacting standard for success? These are cases where the normal things other actors do is either specifically wrong, or not good enough; how is the White House supposed to coordinate them against themselves with a press conference and an executive order?
So while the coordinating-actors and dividing-attention frames are useful, both for us and from within the White House (or other country’s leadership), I also feel like they could easily do a much better job approaching coordination as a strategy that requires execution, and chunking their attention to that end.
I largely agree with Kalil’s assertion that the White House is mostly about coordinating other actors.
I think it is mainly a terrible failure in this regard, chiefly because it fails to account for the fact that coordinating other actors is a plan that requires execution. The 15-minutes-of-attention standard only works for cases where everyone doing what they would normally do except under the same banner this time is the right answer.
So what do we do when we need something that is currently wrong to change? What about cases where it’s a difficult challenge that has an exacting standard for success? These are cases where the normal things other actors do is either specifically wrong, or not good enough; how is the White House supposed to coordinate them against themselves with a press conference and an executive order?
So while the coordinating-actors and dividing-attention frames are useful, both for us and from within the White House (or other country’s leadership), I also feel like they could easily do a much better job approaching coordination as a strategy that requires execution, and chunking their attention to that end.