Dear Bob ...In your recent Keep the Joint Running, "Iacocca's alliterative leadership list," you made the point that leadership is easiest in a crisis.This comment leads me to a point I don't see covered: I view an essential part of true leadership to be that your curiosity makes you so plugged into the task you're leading that nothing is ever allowed to become a crisis, but is dealt with when it is small enough Dear Bob …In your recent Keep the Joint Running, “Iacocca’s alliterative leadership list,” you made the point that leadership is easiest in a crisis.This comment leads me to a point I don’t see covered: I view an essential part of true leadership to be that your curiosity makes you so plugged into the task you’re leading that nothing is ever allowed to become a crisis, but is dealt with when it is small enough to not require the expenditure of all of your resources (and maybe somebody else’s). Crisis is prima facie evidence of poor planning or environmental awareness, not an opportunity to “show your stuff”. Poor Richard’s “a stitch in time saves nine” comment comes to mind.– Jim TrawickDear Jim … Your discussion of crisis struck a chord. Space limitations prevent my exploring all of the ideas I’d like in each column (I set myself a limit of 800 words to prevent the tendency to ramble interminably, which seems to be commonplace on-line). I wish I could use that as an excuse.The fact is, I’d missed the strong inverse correlation between competence and crisis. I don’t agree that all crises are foreseeable and avoidable. It certainly is the case that most of them are.– Bob Powered by ScribeFire. Technology Industry