{"id":17056,"date":"2021-02-02T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.broadagenda.com.au\/?p=8841"},"modified":"2021-02-02T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:00:27","slug":"processing-power-through-partnership-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/02\/processing-power-through-partnership-and-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Processing power through partnership and collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"
The contrasting models of demagoguery and democracy flared spectacularly over the Australian summer as the world witnessed the frenzied dying days of the Trump Presidency as it gave way to an orderly transition to a new administration delivered by a system working exactly as designed \u2013 checked and balanced by a separation of powers diffusing authority and blocking dictatorial rule.<\/p>\n
But the demagogic turmoil of the previous four years perhaps impressed upon the new incumbents President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their fellow Americans the need to exercise power differently, that its personal exercise requires inclusion, collaboration, separation and constraint too.<\/p>\n
With Australia and the US culturally and constitutionally allied there are relevant local insights to be drawn from the cauldron of the Trump interregnum and its aftermath that we would do well to reflect on. Take for example Rabbi Shoshana Cohen\u2019s flash of rabbinic wisdom ascribing one of the biggest assets of the new Presidency to Biden\u2019s lack of ego and charisma. Rather than projecting himself as new saviour to lift everyone up, as may have been the case with Clinton and Obama\u2019s respective styles, Biden\u2019s personality allows for a new form of leadership through partnership and collaboration. \u00a0His choice of Kamala Harris as Vice President underlines this sharing of power and openness to fresh approaches and perspectives. This is reinforced further by the Biden-Harris cabinet, an unprecedented mix of women, people of colour and individuals of varied backgrounds and life experiences all bringing a richer picture of power being exercised by a variety of people, collectively.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s personality allows for a new form of leadership through partnership and collaboration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In addition to the importance of varied experiences informing public policy design, so too are the ways in which people exercise their power; the way they treat their colleagues.\u00a0 This is central to a more equal and inclusive working environment where all people feel listened to and free to contribute.<\/p>\n