Real leaders focus resources in areas that provide the greatest opportunity rather than making across-the-board decisions.

~ Frank Sonnenberg

Frank Sonnenberg Leadership Resource Allocation

Most of the institutions that come in to offer help after disaster don't have the resources to provide concrete help. . . . Donor communities invest billions funding peace talks and disarmament. Then they stop. The most important part of postwar help is missing: providing basic social services to people. Not having those resources might have been a reason men went to war in the first place; they crossed a border and joined an armed group because they didn't have jobs. In Liberia right now, there are hundreds of thousands of unemployed young people, and they're ready-made mercenaries for wars in West Africa. You'd think the international community would be sensible enough to know they should work to change this. But they aren't.

~ Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee Culture Displacement International Aid International Relations Peace Postwar Relief Work Resource Allocation Social Services

You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.

~ Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen Culture Planning Resource Allocation Strategy