The first task of public leadership is to create a shared understanding of policy problems and choices. Without a shared understanding, we are more likely to harm the public good than to do good. The second leadership task is to craft policy solutions that achieve the greatest possible public good. We do this by striking the best possible balance among all of the competing public values. The third leadership task is to use democratic means to accomplish the first two tasks. This requires arts and skills of democracy such as inclusion, participation, representation, deliberation and
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