This is an excellent description of the phenomenon. I have found that a lot of these sorts of problems dissolve if I view my contribution to the group as reducing the information load.
I am tempted to declare that the whole of leadership.
Not the whole, though. Activism has at least two dimensions—one of “human capital”, the other of “change in the world”, so the leader has to balance one against the other.
This is an excellent description of the phenomenon. I have found that a lot of these sorts of problems dissolve if I view my contribution to the group as reducing the information load.
I am tempted to declare that the whole of leadership.
Not the whole, though. Activism has at least two dimensions—one of “human capital”, the other of “change in the world”, so the leader has to balance one against the other.