This is true of any time. Not to understand our times is to mistakenly provide leadership for another place and time. Leaders must be careful not to equate quantity of information and quality of communication. Privacy is disappearing. Leaders will increasingly face media exposure and public fickleness as they serve.
Multinational organizations transcend government boundaries, thereby shrinking the globe.
Religious and political ideologies abound. Faith communities are becoming more brittle. Leaders must state their beliefs without exploiting the biases or hatred of other groups. Expanding knowledge has created many technical experts, but leaders must rely on good judgment as well as good information. Humanity has developed massive and sophisticated weapons that threaten our world s future.