Former MA Governor Charlie Baker on Solving Complex Problems
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Former MA Governor Charlie Baker on Solving Complex Problems

Politics tamfitronics September 18, 2024 If you think your organization is difficult to maneuver, consider the unique challenges of government leadership.Former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker and his former chief of staff Steve Kadish faced many challenges during Baker’s time in office—perhaps most notably: the Covid-19 pandemic.Looking back, they argue that running a government is often much harder than leading a private-sector company. For one thing, Baker says, there’s rightly more public scrutiny of every decision you make as a leader. And, Kadish adds, decision-making is far more dispersed.In this episode, they share their four-part framework for breaking down complicated problems with many stakeholders to get results. If you’re struggling with bureaucracy and...
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Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate
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Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate

Politics tamfitronics Politics / September 18, 2024The vice president has a chance to break the fever that has gripped US politics by giving a major speech defending Haitian Americans.Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024.(Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)This is a dreadful moment in American politics—a crude juncture in the history of the nation. We’ve gotten to the point where the former president of the United States and his running mate on the Republican Party’s national ticket are spreading wild lies about immigrants eating pets in order to drive wedges of division into communities and the nation as a whole.Yet this is not the first such dreadful moment in this country. We are a land with a...
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Two Mortuary Attendants, 5 Others Land In Police Net For Selling Human Parts
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Two Mortuary Attendants, 5 Others Land In Police Net For Selling Human Parts

Politics tamfitronics Two mortuary attendants and five others have been arrested by the police in Osun State for selling human parts and water used in bathing dead bodies in the state.The Osun State Police Command Acting Spokesman, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.Giwa-Alade gave the names of the mortuary attendants as Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and Adetunji Okunade, aged 42.He gave the names of the five others as Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasaq, and Asaka Rauf.According to him, the suspects were nabbed following credible information from a concerned individual that Daniel, a mortuary attendant at Ipetu-Ijesa, was selling remains of corpses deposited at the mortuary where he worked to native doctors.“The suspects used these remains obtained from the mortuary attendant (Johnson Daniel) for various ritual purposes. Daniel also confessed...
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Caretaker committee: Abure-led Labour Party faction berates Peter Obi, Alex Otti
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Caretaker committee: Abure-led Labour Party faction berates Peter Obi, Alex Otti

Politics tamfitronics The Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the Labour Party has criticized Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, along with Abia State Governor Alex Otti and other party leaders, for establishing a caretaker committee to oversee the party’s leadership.The Abure camp’s reaction came following the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize Abure as the party’s National Chairman, citing the expiration of his tenure in June 2024.In a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh on Wednesday, the Abure faction accused Obi, Otti, and others of aligning with INEC to undermine the party’s leadership.The group expressed frustration, particularly given INEC’s controversial handling of the 2023 general election, which it claims harmed the Labour Party.Ifoh questioned why those who suffered from INEC’s alleged mishandling of the 2023 elections are...
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