What on earth am I doing here? I've been a long time a judge, and judges are not encouraged to be imaginative or dynamic, but instead dry, and dull. When I saw who else was speaking to you, and read the great variety of truly interesting and challenging things you are doing with your lives, my courage wilted.
That of course gives you the dangerous opportunity to give it your own title. Indeed, I still haven't got one, so the "TBA" which the printer had to resort to, remains.
Right from the start - well, even before it - I've failed three of the tests of true leadership.įirst, I've failed to identify my objective: I didn't get a title to this talk to the organisers in time for the printing of the programmes.