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What does it mean?
Leadership by women and children might yield different societal results.
In plain terms
If women and children ruled, things might improve.
What can you take from it?
Consider voices excluded from current leadership.

Where it applies

  • politics
  • management
  • policy

Putting it to work

  • diversify leadership
  • seek underrepresented views

Questions to consider

  • Who should lead?
  • Does inclusion help?

Another view

Children may lack capacity to lead.

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