tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046831525992114781.post8953163422266205432..comments2012-10-01T01:30:14.810-07:00Comments on Thinking Improv: What are leaders?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308102413886321142noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046831525992114781.post-84207561541499523932012-10-01T01:30:14.810-07:002012-10-01T01:30:14.810-07:00Check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...Check out this video:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07nUN916NUs<br />minute 44:00.. using CAT scans and behavior tests to characterize "psychopath".. and finding out these people can mimic what we look for in a leader. They did tests and found a 4x higher rate of this kind of personality in leadership positions.<br /><br />"Corporate culture today seems ideal for the phsychopath."<br /><br /><br /><br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077766802864255123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046831525992114781.post-24580090457931798612012-09-28T11:22:17.839-07:002012-09-28T11:22:17.839-07:00This is a very interesting essay, Alex, on the his...This is a very interesting essay, Alex, on the historical and biological roots of leadership. You seem to be conflating leaders with figureheads, though, and leaving out the important point that the extent to which leaders "belong to us" is relative to the system in which they operate -- to our access to them and our influence with them. Carl Jung said, essentially, that we project our own leadership potential onto others. That projection can be cynical and exploitative or truly self-sacrificing. Returning to the issue of hive animals and genetics, since evolution proceeds at the level of the gene, an individual can evolve a high degree of altruism in serving the propagation of the selfish gene.<br /><br />You make an important point about the ambivalent condition of leadership, however. It is very difficult to tell whether a leader is a cynical exploiter or a selfless champion of the oppressed. _Our_ candidates are usually the selfless champions, of course; it's the other side that is infested with naked cynicism and contempt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779346316470042836noreply@blogger.com