Chapter 2The Power of Influencing
When Antanas Mockus was elected mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, in 1995, he had no previous political experience. He took the helm of a city plagued by problems: paralyzing water shortages, dangerous traffic, and a pervasive absence of order. What could an individual person without a political network do in the face of this challenge?
Realizing that he could not rule by fiat, Antanas took an entirely different approach to his leadership challenge. He sought change not through power but through influence.
A former university math professor and the ex-president of the Colombian national university, Antanas treated Bogotá as his five-million-student classroom. A man who had once mooned a classroom full of rowdy students ...
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