{"id":2627,"date":"2014-04-21T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2014-04-20T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T14:21:48","slug":"mayor-governor-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/mayor-governor-president.php","title":{"rendered":"Mayor, Governor, President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freakonomics Radio offers <a href=\"http:\/\/freakonomics.com\/2014\/04\/10\/if-mayors-ruled-the-world-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast\/\">a great conversation<\/a> on the differences between serving the public as a mayor, a governor, or a president. All serve in the executive branch. All are accountable come election time. But the tools, tactics, and tone of their public service are dramatically (and necessarily) different.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2628\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/northcharleston\/3970032098\/in\/set-72157622365043189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2628\" alt=\"Mayor, Governor, President\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mayor.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mayor.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mayor-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flickr user North Charleston<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mayors can make a daily and direct impact on the lives of their constituents &#8212; road repair, public safety, public works, execution of policy citizens can see and experience. While that means their personal actions can shape their city, it also means they&#8217;re continually subject to the mundane.<\/p>\n<p>Governors and presidents, on the other hand, often govern abstract things that aren&#8217;t perceivable by constituents in everyday life. Economic policies, global treaties, industry regulations, trade agreements. Their work requires collective action on a broader scale, and their accountability is more diffuse and opaque.<\/p>\n<p>Some in the podcast suggest that the mayoral approach could be the salvation of a broken national political process. Others argue that the hands-on, take-charge techniques of effective mayors couldn&#8217;t work in the hazy world of national politics.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, cultural managers are always well served by knowing how their peers in public process work, and what constitutes &#8216;success&#8217; for them. Your best success at advocating for your organization, your discipline, or your field will come when you stop talking, and start listening to how the processes around you work.<\/p>\n<p>So, <a href=\"http:\/\/freakonomics.com\/2014\/04\/10\/if-mayors-ruled-the-world-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast\/\">listen up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freakonomics Radio offers a great conversation on the differences between serving the public as a mayor, a governor, or a president. All serve in the executive branch. All are accountable come election time. 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