Priming political leaders for fateful choices

This paper presents nine proposition: (1) humanity is cascading through a rupture in its history into an epoch of “anthropo-transmutation”; (2) to prevent self-destruction and facilitate pluralistic thriving, many counter-conventional radical innovations in human values, institutions and policies are essential; (3) enlightened voluntarism cannot be relied upon; (4) human enhancement possibilities require strict control and regulation, based on clarified value judgments; (5) novel decisive global governance norms and structures are urgently needed; (6) the future-shaping stratum must be mobilized; (7) spiritual leaders advancing raison d’humanité are essential; (8) political leaders are critical, but to meet existential needs of humanity they need much improvement; and (9) priming political leaders to cope with the fateful issues posed by science and technology is a top priority. Recognizing the need to upgrade political leaders, adding it to public discourse and working out concrete improvement proposals should be among the main tasks of the World Academy of Art and Science, the Club of Rome, the Club of Madrid and similar knowledge-intense humanity-serving epistemic communities

Más allá de la incertidumbre: lo inconcebible

Se sostiene en este ensayo que los efectos combinados de los cambios radicales que afectan la dirección de la historia comprometen nuestra habilidad de reconocer patrones vigentes tanto en el pasado como en el futuro, reduciendo con ello las posibilidades de previsión y llevándonos ante la posibilidad de lo inconcebible. Frente a ello el autor propone ayudarnos con la imaginación, y colocar la "inconcebibilidad" en el centro de las consideraciones futuras.Ce travail se penche sur les effets combinés des changements radicaux qui affectent l’orientation de l’histoire, engageant notre habilité à reconnaître des patrons en vigueur aussi bien dans le passé que dans le future, réduisant avec cela les possibilités de prévision et nous amenant à la possibilité de l’inconcevable. Face à cela, l’auteur propose de nous aider de notre imagination, pour placer l’ « inconcevable » au centre des considérations futures.This essay argues that the combined effects of the radical changes that affect the direction of history compromise our ability to recognize patterns existing in both past and future, thereby reducing the chances of anticipating and leading us to the possibility of the unthinkable. Against this, the author proposes to help imagination, and put the "inconceivability" in the center of future considerations

University centers for the study of public policy: Organizational viability

The central problems of creating and maintaining a university center for the study of public policy stem from the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the policy design process and the tensions in academic circles between “pure” and “applied” research.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45446/1/11077_2005_Article_BF01404904.pd

Does Strategic Planning Improve Organizational Performance? A Meta-Analysis

Strategic planning is a widely adopted management approach in contemporary organizations. Underlying its popularity is the assumption that it is a successful practice in public and private organizations that has positive consequences for organizational performance. Nonetheless, strategic planning has been criticized for being overly rational and for inhibiting strategic thinking. This article undertakes a meta-analysis of 87 correlations from 31 empirical studies and asks, Does strategic planning improve organizational performance? A random-effects meta-an

Gobernabilidad, participación y aspectos sociales de la planificación

Incluye BibliografíaPresenta una serie de dieciocho proposiciones sobre los problemas de la planificación y las decisiones que habría que tomar para afrontarlos

Governability, participation and social aspects of planning

Presenta 18 proposiciones principales que se explican someramente sobre el tema de la planificacion y su mejoramiento