What gives this sentiment a particularly distasteful feel is that we are being lectured on self-responsibility by men and women who wear designer suits on television, and are worth millions of dollars.

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He has worked hard with a team creating a garden for his daughter's former nursery and would like to see initiatives that help the individual to have responsibility for their own health, well being and self determination.

BBC: People's Assembly 2011

Those managing the work had to shift from being controllers of individuals to enablers of self-organizing teams, with responsibility for establishing priorities in a timely fashion and removing impediments as they are identified, rather than controlling each worker.

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