Consciousness, Unconsciousness and Leadership
Posted on 11 July 2008
Matching words and actions is essential to build trust
Photo: Tracy Hunter
I’m experiencing a deep sense of sadness as I reflect on an event at the recent G8 summit meeting in Japan. The event was a six-course lunch followed by an eight-course dinner where the agenda was — hang on to your hat, and take a deep breath — famine and the global food crisis. You can take at look at their meal time here.
First, some details:
- Participants were served 24 different dishes during their first day
at the summit — just hours after urging the world to reduce the
“unnecessary demand” for food, and calling on families to cut back on
their wasteful food use. - The dinner consisted of 18 dishes in eight courses — including caviar, smoked salmon, Kyoto beef and a “G8 fantasy dessert”.
- The banquet was accompanied by five different wines from around the world, including champagne.
- African leaders — including the leaders of Ethiopia, Tanzania and
Senegal, who had taken part in talks during the day — were not invited
to the function. - The dinner came just hours after a ‘working lunch’ consisting of six courses.
This post was written by:
Peter Vajda – who has written 17 posts on Slow Leadership.
So what did you think about the G8 Summit on Food? Want to tell our government how you feel about it? Well good luck. The good new is that the Canadians want to hear from you.
Their website is http://www.g8.gc.ca and their website invites you to:
Please feel free to submit an inquiry or share your thoughts on current G8 issues by sending an email to: enqserv@dfait-maeci.gc.ca.
Maybe the “Preparation Committee” will read your feedback at http://www.do-summit.jp/en/contact/ . Let’s hope so. I’m certainly going to give them my feedback! — MOM…
