Francis Wade | Staying in your lane is killing your legacy

Everyone says focus on your knitting; don’t stray outside your mandate. But the best government leaders – the ones who will be remembered 20 years from now – are doing the exact opposite. Imagine yourself leading a ministry. Your organisations, agencies and departments hit every KPI. The cabinet routinely praises your quarterly reports. But, ask citizens what’s changed, they’ll point to the same unsolved problems that were there five years ago, such as potholes. ‘We are still filling them ourselves. It only takes a little cement!’