{"id":15745,"date":"2024-09-01T06:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T04:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/tony-blair-i-would-have-stayed-if-i-could-is-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T06:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T04:37:17","slug":"tony-blair-i-would-have-stayed-if-i-could-is-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/tony-blair-i-would-have-stayed-if-i-could-is-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair: \u2018I would have stayed if I could, is the truth\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the publication of his book about leadership \u2013 definitely not aimed at Keir Starmer \u2013 the former prime minister talks about relinquishing power, why he\u2019s not fazed about a second Trump term and being an AI evangelist<\/p>\n

Were you to board an aeroplane piloted by a man who has never previously sat in a cockpit, you\u2019d be alarmed. Were you to face surgery by a woman with no medical qualifications, you\u2019d be frightened. Politics is the one profession that can put someone in a position of great power and responsibility without any prior experience or demonstration of ability. \u201cIt\u2019s bizarre,\u201d Tony Blair says. \u201cIn any other walk of life, that doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d When he became prime minister in 1997 he was in his early forties and an absolute neophyte at governing. He was much better at it, he believes, towards the end of his decade at No 10 than at the outset. So he\u2019s written a book about the dos and the don\u2019ts of leadership \u201cbecause government is a science as well as an art\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the first flush of taking power, leaders \u201clisten eagerly\u201d because they grasp that they know little or nothing about governing. In the second stage, they know enough to think they know everything and become impatient with listening. Hubris becomes a danger, inviting nemesis. \u201cYou\u2019ve got some experience, but your experience makes you believe that you know more than you actually do. And that\u2019s the risk. That\u2019s why I say stage two is the most difficult and many people never get to stage three.\u201d Maturity comes with the realisation that what they know is not the sum total of political knowledge. Once again, \u201cwith more humility\u201d, they listen and learn.<\/p>\n

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\nAhead of the publication of his book about leadership \u2013 definitely not aimed at Keir Starmer \u2013 the former prime minister talks about relinquishing power, why he\u2019s not fazed about a second Trump term and being an AI evangelist
\nWere you to board an aeroplane piloted by a man who has never previously sat in a cockpit, you\u2019d be alarmed. Were you to face surgery by a woman with no medical qualifications, you\u2019d be frightened. Politics is the one profession that can put someone in a position of great power and responsibility without any prior experience or demonstration of ability. \u201cIt\u2019s bizarre,\u201d Tony Blair says. \u201cIn any other walk of life, that doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d When he became prime minister in 1997 he was in his early forties and an absolute neophyte at governing. He was much better at it, he believes, towards the end of his decade at No 10 than at the outset. So he\u2019s written a book about the dos and the don\u2019ts of leadership \u201cbecause government is a science as well as an art\u201d.
\nIn the first flush of taking power, leaders \u201clisten eagerly\u201d because they grasp that they know little or nothing about governing. In the second stage, they know enough to think they know everything and become impatient with listening. Hubris becomes a danger, inviting nemesis. \u201cYou\u2019ve got some experience, but your experience makes you believe that you know more than you actually do. And that\u2019s the risk. That\u2019s why I say stage two is the most difficult and many people never get to stage three.\u201d Maturity comes with the realisation that what they know is not the sum total of political knowledge. Once again, \u201cwith more humility\u201d, they listen and learn. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the publication of his book about leadership \u2013 definitely not aimed at Keir Starmer \u2013 the former prime minister talks about relinquishing power, why he\u2019s not fazed about a second Trump term and being an AI evangelist Were you to board an aeroplane piloted by a man who has never previously sat in …<\/p>\n

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