Pretty interesting post from Northwind. Thank you.
I read Batmanghelidjh’s book. It’s recommended reading in some NHS professions. While it sounds like she does want to genuinely help people it’s mixed with a hearty dose of incompetence and puffery. I don’t give a shit if she gets a bit of self promotion in there while helping people, but it also seems like she wants to build a cult around herself for self affirmation more than anything else. Still, small potatoes.
Not surprised someone like her leading an organisation would leave the accountability out. She doesn’t seem like a numbers person whose thoughts are on how to most efficiently help people. More someone who’ll go out of her way to help you if you display a willingness to be helped. Those are the stories her book has and those are the people you’ll get the most return on when helped.
I guess the flip side is there are some people who can’t be helped. Ultimately, a few senior figures getting fat off the cash is not a problem for me. As a nation we can afford it, and like Northwind states, the country has done much more for people who’ve done much less for us.