Dear friends
My business partner and pal Paul Hoeffel unearthed this truly inspired and inspiring interview he did with Jim Grant in 1990, just before the historic World Summit for Children. At the time, Paul was deputy editor-in-chief of the UN’s Development Forum newspaper. The questions he asked were strategic and probing and the answers Grant gave were, well, absolutely Grantian. Reading this made me weep for the dismal state of the world today and the absence of leadership like JPG’s. At the same time, it brought home how groundbreaking and bold the World Summit was, a rare moral and political turning point in history.
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My business partner and pal Paul Hoeffel unearthed this truly inspired and inspiring interview he did with Jim Grant in 1990, just before the historic World Summit for Children. At the time, Paul was deputy editor-in-chief of the UN’s Development Forum newspaper. The questions he asked were strategic and probing and the answers Grant gave were, well, absolutely Grantian. Reading this made me weep for the dismal state of the world today and the absence of leadership like JPG’s. At the same time, it brought home how groundbreaking and bold the World Summit was, a rare moral and political turning point in history.
Robert
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Yes, indeed, Robert. Truly uplifting.
ReplyDeleteHow JPG cited statistics to shock and inspire people & leaders to action was truly amazing.
As he said in this interview - in WW1, 90% of casualties of war were soldiers and 10% were civilians. By the time of WW2 it was 50/50. By the 1980s it was 15% soldiers, 85% civilians, and in Sudan in 1988 - 6000 soldiers to 250,000 civilians, mostly kids.
How effectively he harnessed such facts and figures to influence policy changes & get leaders to do what they couldn't have cared less before was truly awe-inspiring. How lucky we were to work under the tutelage of such a visionary giant, who brought out the best in most of us!
Kul