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Editor’s Note: This column, “LBWA” (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out what’s going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her desk and “wander around” the area of operations, talk to people, ask questions, and kick around ideas with the individuals in the thick of delivering services to the public. So the author will bring up issues and ask the leaders among the readership to share their knowledge and experiences.
We, as public administrators, are living in unprecedented times when change is a central part of life.
It has been my experience that changing public policy can be compared to doing a U-turn with one of the Navy’s Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
An Intro To Carrier Life
The Nimitz class boasts the largest carriers, called Supercarriers. The USS George H. W. Bush, for example, is nearly 1,100 feet long, almost four football fields end-to-end. It’s about 250 feet at its widest point. Its dual nuclear reactors and eight shaft and steam turbines can propel this titan at more than 30 knots, top speed.
