Thanks for the great addition Mike.  I appreciate the thought and the ideas you offer.  I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 3c.  Could you provide a bit more info?

I agree with your thoughts on diversity (3d).  I was fortunate enough to work at an organization that understood diversity so I look forward to more people and organizations understanding the need for a variety of inputs and the equality of different perspectives.  And I'm also in agreement with the open-source movement in leadership (3b), but in my experience few people in leadership positions understand the need to open things up.  I see them trying incremental approaches to address a revolution-sized problem.

In fact, that's where I see training and development budgets increasing too, to refer to your thoughts on #2.  The investment is in equipping and developing existing leadership, not in createing a new culture of open leadership.

But my vision is limited, so I hope you're right and the combination of increased spending, the abundance mentality and embracing diversity all advance.  It will take a combination like that to make a dent in the world's leadership deficiency.

Thanks again for joining in.  Mike...