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It Don’t Come Easy…

It Don’t Come Easy…

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Naked Leader Week 1059 – Monday 5 February 2024

It Don’t Come Easy…

As Ringo Starr sang in 1971…outcomes may sound simple – achieving them can be anything but.

Amid the global, worrying news in the Middle East, the continuing wars around the world and the human suffering, one piece of hopeful news emerged – the restoration of the Stormont parliament in Northern Ireland – two years after its abandonment.

Governance of Northern Ireland restarting

26 years on from the historic, many thought ‘impossible’ Good Friday Agreement several amazing outcomes have happened:

Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, daughter of a former IRA prisoner, will be First Minister in a Unionist led parliament, promising to be “inclusive” and “respectful”

And

An end in sight for checks on goods moving within the UK and imposition of EU law

Those are the outcomes – and they only happened because of the endless, tireless, at times I imagine, fractious informal behind the scenes discussions.

And the lesson for me is that the big decisions made in organisations rarely happen in endless meetings, they happen in off the record, unofficial, water cooler/Zoom chats.

With my love and best wishes to you all

David

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