While speaking at a convocation of community leaders at the Community Services Planning Council’s (CSPC) Health and Human Services Institute in Sacramento, California, cultural anthropologist Jennifer James told the audience that the leaders of the future will be the ones who can “tell the story.” She observed that people want authenticity and credibility in their leaders, but the effective leaders will be those who can translate data into “stories” that resonate with the public.
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Findeisen, N. (2006). Using Community Indicators to Improve the Quality of Life for Children: The Sacramento County Children’s Report Card. In: Sirgy, M.J., Rahtz, D., Swain, D. (eds) Community Quality-of-Life Indicators. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4625-4_8
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