If we want the ideological boundaries of society to help us build community rather than contribute to its compromise, we need to remember what they are for.
Last updated: 26 Jan 2025
How we think about what's not working in our civic life might offer a very different long-term path to something better even while the short-term demands we live in and confront our unrelentingly dysfunctional present as directly as we can.
We've probably all heard this quippy, quotable faux-Drukcer-ism. (And maybe I'm just thinking about Easter brunch...) But why might this old cliche actually be true and how might that help illuminate what's happening and maybe not happening in our teams and organizations right now?
What does "moderate" or a "Moderate" or "to moderate" really mean in American civic life? Even if we could figure out which one means what, I don't think it's the guide we need.
Let's start with the assumptions about the smallness of a zero-sum mindset and the ambition of abundance for everyone ... and then keep going.