According this song, he does.
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Putting the smartest people in charge of things is an interesting idea. It didn't seem to work with Herbert Hoover who seemed very competent at the time he was elected president. But who knows what would happened if Al Smith had been elected instead?
Contingency theory fits more with my experience of leaders. Of the bosses I have worked for, the ones who have been suited to a particular job or role have done better than the ones who have had qualities that were believed to be had by most good leaders.
Not that there is anything wrong with being smart.
Further Reading
Storytelling and Scientific Understanding (my talks with Thomas Basbøll at
Johns Hopkins this Friday)
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Fri 26 Apr, 10am in Shriver Hall Boardroom and 2pm in Hodson Hall 213 (see
also here): Storytelling and Scientific Understanding Andrew Gelman and
Thomas B...
15 hours ago
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Time picked this up. http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1887713,00.html
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