Leadership requires care. Care that extends to the people around you, for whom leaders are responsible. But also care for the practice of leadership itself.

Ideas about this extend back to Plato, who engaged in many conversations about the responsibilities of leaders, the dangers of too much power, and considering the good of others.

Princeton professor Melissa Lane, whose book Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political, joins us to explore the impact of Plato's ideas today, as we struggle with concepts of accountability and servant leadership.

Timeless Leadership has been named a Top 50 Podcast in the Management category by Goodpods.

Links

* Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political

* What the Ancient Greeks Understood About Democracy (Los Angeles Times)

* Melissa Lane

* Gresham College Lectures

Music

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Life is filled with busyness. When something or someone comes along to smooth the way and make life a little easier, we’re more than willing to give them our attention and our money.

In an attention-starved world, we look for people who make it easier for us to consume information and make decisions.

Pay attention to these curators. They care.

Timeless Leadership has been named a Top 50 Podcast in the Management category by Goodpods.

Links

* Episode 73: The Fediverse with Mike McCue

* The Ampersand Guild

* The Good Stuff in the Back Room

* Timeless & Timely newsletter

* Contact me

Quotes from this episode

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?” — George Eliot, 1871

Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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The web can be a complicated place. And for almost as long as it has existed, Mike McCue’s mission has been to make the content of the internet more easily accessible.

From Netscape in the 1990s to TellMe in the 2000s to Flipboard in the 2010s, Mike’s entrepreneurial spirit has guided him, and society has been the beneficiary.

And now, with the advent of the Fediverse, Mike is at it again, helping creators move their content from walled gardens to a system that lets them share content with all audiences, regardless of platform.

There’s a lot to learn. Fortunately, Mike is an excellent teacher.

Timeless Leadership has been named a Top 50 Podcast in the Management category by Goodpods.

Links

* Flipboard Federates 11,000 Magazines by 400 Creators and Enthusiasts

* Flipboard

* Dot Social podcast

* Mike McCue on the Fediverse: flipboard.social/@mike

* Mike McCue on Flipboard: flipboard.com/@mike

* Episode 61: The Societal Role of Advertising with Lou Paskalis

* Me on the Fediverse: flipboard.social/@scottmonty@threads.net

* Click only in case of emergency

Music

Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092

Artist: http://incompetech.com