Getting things done
Just a few observations from my trip to China. Seeing the growth of Shenzhen and the skyscrapers of Pudong in Shanghai, one cannot help but be impressed by the progress made in the last 30 years. I even got to ride on the Pudong Mag-Lev train to the airport. Very impressive.
I was instantly reminded of the constant debate, start, cancel, debate, start, cancel cycle that we seem to be involved in for Ottawa’s transit system. Will it ever got off the ground?
I’m not promoting China’s political system, but they can get things when they need to. (But may not care about all the consequences).
Perhaps there is some middle ground that would allow functional democracies to accomplish things a bit faster. The US was able to put a man on the moon in a limited amount of time–is there a lesson to be learned there?
