Previously in this space, we have written about the importance of true urgency in effecting change.

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Johnson, who focuses on leadership and values in effecting change, stressed the need for definition ahead of its alteration.

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However as you can see above, talking to Bandi Mbubi (founder of Congo Calling a movement for conflict free tech sparked by his talk on TED) I found myself becoming enthusiastic about the possibilities for effecting change.

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But change the rules, make there be any question of the qualification of the person so promoted, however understandable the goal of more rapidly effecting that change, is immoral, in that you deprive the person of the fullness of their own legitimate achievement, in their own eyes and in the eyes of everyone looking at them.

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Taxes are a big priority, of course, but with the quasi-sea change this election is effecting, they need some time to settle on who does what.

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