[Themaintainers] book, Maintainers reading group?

[Bradley Fidler]

Hi all,

I would be up for this if there are articles in the mix -- something to
which I can more reasonably commit during an over-committed summer :)

Brad

On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Lee Vinsel <lee.vinsel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Angie,
>
> I think this is a great idea, and I have always wanted to try out a
> virtual seminar/reading group. Is anyone else on the list interested? If
> not, I'm fine with it being just us two.
>
> Lee
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Boyce, Angie Marlene <
> aboyce at hsph.harvard.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aboyce at hsph.harvard.edu');>> wrote:
>
>>  I just saw the announcement for a new book that looks relevant for the
>> folks on this list (info below), and that got me thinking that it might be
>> fun to have a Maintainers virtual summer reading group.  Is anyone else
>> interested in that?  (I'm not committed to this book in particular.)
>>
>>
>> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7705.html?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05.20.2015%20(1
>> )
>>
>>  Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the
>> cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline
>> passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many
>> agree that the need for infrastructure change is urgent, where is the sense
>> of urgency to make these changes happen?
>>
>> That's one of the questions Harvard Business School Professor of Business
>> Administration Rosabeth Moss Kanter
>> <http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6486> asks in her
>> book published today, Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the
>> Lead. <http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Move/>
>>
>> "Given so many situations and factors that should arouse enormous
>> concern, why is it so hard to secure public support for long-term
>> infrastructure investments and get Congress to vote for them?" Kanter
>> writes. "I think it's a structural issue. Silos, narrow interests, and
>> fragmentation mute outrage. Perhaps we're stuck not only with aging
>> infrastructure but also with obsolete ways of talking about it."
>>
>>
>
>
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