Article Title
Inclusiveness, Foresight, and Decisiveness: The Practical Wisdom of Barrier-Crossing Leaders
Abstract
This article previews a study under way to compare and contrast the attitudes, thinking, and action of leaders around the world who manage to bridge social divisions in their respective locales with those who work within their own groups. After briefly describing the planned assessment of their forms of social cohesion and empathy, the article examines the practical wisdom of effective actors in the social world and how it contrasts with academic knowledge for insight into how wise practitioners think about what they are doing. It also looks at the history of the conception of practical wisdom. Finally, examples of practical wisdom derived from one divided community in a time of crisis are offered.
Recommended Citation
Cowan, Michael A.
(2017)
"Inclusiveness, Foresight, and Decisiveness: The Practical Wisdom of Barrier-Crossing Leaders,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 29:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol29/iss1/14
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