How to Read The Art of Governance: Transformed People Transform Nations Kindle

You were born for something greater than yourself. You were born to govern. Your talents, knowledge, skills, and experience are far greater than just making a living. Your presence can inspire people to dream, and your actions may drive them from surviving to thriving. That is the art of governance. There is no governance without systems and processes. Your life functions and thrives through systems. As you read this book right now, your heart and lungs work together to supply a specific amount of oxygen required to enhance your concentration. These are just a few among many other processes coordinated by a myriad of systems in your body to sustain your existence on earth. Every move that you make knowingly or unawares like blinking, breathing, or scratching your head, follows protocols that translate perception into action. There are autonomous systems that drive processes within your body. We are wired with networks, live in systems, and work through processes. That is the archetype of governance.Suppose I am to describe where governance systems came from. In that case, I will borrow the style of literature from St.John: "in the beginning, were the systems, and the systems came from God and framed by the word of God. Through systems, all things exist, and without systems, everything that exists would be non-existent." God is the Architect of governance. He sustains all things by the greatness of His power, and that power runs through systems as blood runs through the veins. We go to sleep with confidence that our home planet, which hangs somewhere in the galaxy and the host of other starry objects, will not veer from its course and collide with Mars. There is a system that is holding them together. This book is an invitation to understand the craftsmanship of governance from the perspective of the Mastermind. Governance is about value creation by optimizing our personal, organizations, and nations' potential. God blessed humanity to "be fruitful and multiply and govern the earth." In other words, we are to leave the world a better place than we found it. To do so, we must understand how to harness our ideas, skills, and systems to bring forth results that "no eye has seen, or ear heard."How can we develop by optimizing our potential, while at the same time ensuring inclusive prosperity? In that case, I have drawn particular attention to Africa. Not only because it is my motherland, but also the stakes of being the epicenter of the global political economy in the 4th Industrial Revolution.In governance, there are invisible forces that may build or break our lives and societies. How do you change a system that was designed to work against you? Despite making good choices, some businesses still plunge. Sound economic policies leave some people marginalized from economic opportunities. Broken systems breed broken societies. This book will challenge your thinking and offer practical strategies on how to change the status quo. Systemic problems warrant systemic solutions. We can only generate such solutions through good governance. Apartheid was more than an act of racial discrimination. It was a powerful oppressive force because it was built as a system. Poverty is more than deprivation and poor living conditions; it is a systemic dysfunction. In 2015, the world leaders enacted the Sustainable Development Agenda "to end poverty in all its forms by 2030". As the year 2030 draws near, questions linger whether we will ever reach this goal or remain a policy statement on paper. The answer is yes, it is possible to hit this goal and other strategic frameworks such as Africa's Agenda 2063. However, we will not end poverty by the systems that perpetuate it. We cannot expect new realities from the same state of governance.