Leadership = Responsibility

Sampson outlines six domains of key leaders or informants that are involved in the higher order structure of the community. As I look at those six components I find one troubling correlation between religion and politics. As I reflect upon what the Catholic, Jewish, Protestant and Islamic religions teach, I think about doing good to those around you by serving them. Never have I ever encountered anyone from any of these good religions that taught hatred and revenge are good or wholesome, but what do we see in the community of politics too often? we see that people lie and deceive to get gain, many times at the expense of the people they represent. I am certain that if politicians would think about the people they serve and forget their selfish desires, many of the problems would be resolved.

I have found that when problems do get solved it is because of a joint effort between multiple parties that have different expertise. I have personally seen problems at Dixie State College be resolved because those in power were able to collaborate with others and reach a solution. This Problem solving method I think you be beneficial to any problem that any community would face. Pay close attention to the second step because it asks to identify people that could help solve the problem.

The other idea that I would like to look at is the Idea of how differing views affect decision making choices. As most of us understand people with the same likes, ideas and social standing tend to congregate with others of their same ideals. Looking at this, we can understand why neighborhoods are the way they are. As people gather and make friends their cliche becomes more powerful because they increase the input received to solve problems. Where I am going with this is that people in influence tend to work with those in influence and unfortunately many of the the poverty stricken people do not have the means or money to become influential. So we see different views are caused by the social clique and the clique is determined by influence and monetary power one posses. 

I Agree with Sampson that this chapter deserves a whole book. I feel that the idea of leadership and elite connections is a concept that many people use, but fail to utilize it to the fullest effect, and that there are so many aspects to explore that it will never be used to it's fullest potential. I would like to look at one final aspect that could potentially change the spectrum of elite leaders. Education I feel is always an underlying factor when it come to success of future generation. I feel that out of all the strongest ties between the six key domains, education should be the strongest. What I found is that it had some of the weakest ties to the other five domains. Because of this phenomenon, many education systems will continue to fail and not meet the standards of society. So often we find that only real world experience prepares us for the future! I Believe this is true; however, the education system, if combined with all of the other five domains, would prepare students for the real world. I feel that selfishness is to blame because people do not feel comfortable to go out and make the ties in the communities, leaving the students at mercy of teachers that teach from a text book rather than the book of life experience. 

Look at this last video and you will see that at first many ideas we presented to solve the problem, but because of a common goal they were able to overcome their differences and reach a solution. Also notice a line where the leader states "We do not care what it was designed to do, we only care what it can do." Many time people look at the limitations rather than see the possibilities. If leaders will look at the possibilities rather than the limitations to a system, many of today's problems would be solved and the Rolling, Rolling, Rolling effect would begin to diminish!