{"id":1513,"date":"2012-03-01T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2012-03-01T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T17:24:12","slug":"a-master-class-in-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/03\/01\/a-master-class-in-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"A Master Class In Common Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

I admire anyone with the guts to take a stand on unpopular issues \u2013 whether I agree with those positions or not. So it was refreshing to hear former Mayor Richard Daley discuss hot-button topics like gun control, education and competing with China in his recent interview with ASI Radio.<\/p>\n

After the Ohio school shooting<\/a>, Daley said frankly: \u201cThere are just too many guns in America.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During his interview with ASI Radio<\/a>, Daley said we\u2019re becoming numb to violence: \u201cI know it\u2019s very controversial and people want to stay away from it, but we are arming America \u2026 It\u2019s just another headline, and people don\u2019t realize what it does to families and to the children in these schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interview advances Daley\u2019s July 19 keynote at the ASI trade show in Chicago<\/a> titled \u201cCity CEO: Rising to Challenges and Change.\u201d Click here<\/a> to listen to the interview in its entirety, and click here<\/a> to register for the keynote and the meet and greet with Chicago\u2019s longest-running mayor.<\/p>\n

In his keynote, Daley will share turnaround stories and discuss changes that affect businesses at all levels. He\u2019ll also offer a hands-on lesson in leadership, crisis management and preparing for future business challenges in any economy.<\/p>\n

Daley, who served Chicago for 22 years, is credited with revamping the city\u2019s public school system and overhauling public housing. Since leaving City Hall in May, Daley joined a law firm and became a distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Daley made a great point about the state of U.S. manufacturing: There isn\u2019t one college or business school in America that teaches manufacturing. Wisely, he suggests that what business leaders learn in plants, steel mills, factories and the like can easily be applied to government.<\/p>\n

Daley thinks the best way to battle bureaucracy in either business or government is to appoint project managers to get things done. \u201cYou really have to be a problem-solver,\u201d Daley said. \u201cBring people together and take a holistic approach. Hold people accountable. That\u2019s key.\u201d<\/p>\n

The best way to accomplish something? Stop studying issues to death, Daley said. \u201cMake a decision and move on.\u201d Anyone who\u2019s ever sat through endless rounds of meetings where nothing seems to get accomplished can relate to that, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n

Let me know what you think of the interview by posting a comment or e-mailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I admire anyone with the guts to take a stand on unpopular issues \u2013 whether I agree with those positions or not. So it was refreshing to hear former Mayor Richard Daley discuss hot-button topics like gun control, education and competing with China in his recent interview with ASI Radio. After the Ohio school shooting, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asi-shows","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}