Comments on: LEADERSHIP according to NYC Ex-Mayor Giuliani http://awonderfulblog.com/2008/06/leadership-according-to-nys-mayor-giuliani/ ...about all things wonderful, and all things worth wondering about. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bong http://awonderfulblog.com/2008/06/leadership-according-to-nys-mayor-giuliani/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Bong Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:43:28 +0000 http://bongsac.com/blog/?p=221#comment-45 Hi Susan. Thanks for your candid comment. I guess I have to agree with you. There are enough lessons in the book to be applied not just by politicians. Thanks also for reminding me about NYC's famous crime reduction under Giuliani. It is a remarkable achievement. I believe somebody coined a term for it -- the "Broken Window principle." The "Broken Windown principle" and NYC's case study were heavily mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell's "Tipping Point." Of course if you also read "Freakonomics" (Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner) you'll end up wondering who is right or wrong, because Levitt and Dubner claim that it is the legalization of abortion, not the "Broken Window principle" that really contributed to the sudden drop in crime (and they have the numbers to prove it). In hindsight, my "not so kind" review of Giuliani's Leaderhip book may have been more about my frustration for taking too long to finish the book rather than an objective commentary on its substance. Hi Susan. Thanks for your candid comment. I guess I have to agree with you. There are enough lessons in the book to be applied not just by politicians. Thanks also for reminding me about NYC’s famous crime reduction under Giuliani. It is a remarkable achievement. I believe somebody coined a term for it — the “Broken Window principle.” The “Broken Windown principle” and NYC’s case study were heavily mentioned in Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point.” Of course if you also read “Freakonomics” (Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner) you’ll end up wondering who is right or wrong, because Levitt and Dubner claim that it is the legalization of abortion, not the “Broken Window principle” that really contributed to the sudden drop in crime (and they have the numbers to prove it).

In hindsight, my “not so kind” review of Giuliani’s Leaderhip book may have been more about my frustration for taking too long to finish the book rather than an objective commentary on its substance.

]]> By: susan ople http://awonderfulblog.com/2008/06/leadership-according-to-nys-mayor-giuliani/comment-page-1/#comment-44 susan ople Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:34:21 +0000 http://bongsac.com/blog/?p=221#comment-44 hi bong! i also read guiliani's leadership book. what struck me when i read it was how detail-oriented he is. i think that is why he stood out during 9/11 because while everyone's heads (including the president's) was still in a fog, he proved himself as a man of action. i also liked the portion where he described how he was able to cut crime in NYC. it started from something as simple as stopping vandalism and repairing broken street lights. today our leaders seem to be generous with motherhood statements and not so much on specific plans of action with clear timelines and well-defined tasking/targets. i think there are enough lessons in the book to be applied not just by politicians but of all kinds of people in their daily lives as well. just thought i'd offer my two centavos worth. thanks! hi bong! i also read guiliani’s leadership book. what struck me when i read it was how detail-oriented he is. i think that is why he stood out during 9/11 because while everyone’s heads (including the president’s) was still in a fog, he proved himself as a man of action. i also liked the portion where he described how he was able to cut crime in NYC. it started from something as simple as stopping vandalism and repairing broken street lights. today our leaders seem to be generous with motherhood statements and not so much on specific plans of action with clear timelines and well-defined tasking/targets. i think there are enough lessons in the book to be applied not just by politicians but of all kinds of people in their daily lives as well. just thought i’d offer my two centavos worth. thanks!

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