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There should be ‘general managers’ for more of the world’s important problems

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There’s a surprisingly big category of problems that are ‘orphaned.’ By ‘orphaned’ I mean: you can’t point to a specific person or organization who thinks it’s their responsibility to deliver the outcome in its entirety.

There should be ‘general managers’ for more of the world’s important problems Nan Ransohoff Jan 15, 2026 414 41 60 Share There’s a surprisingly big category of problems that are ‘orphaned.’ By ‘orphaned’ I mean: you can’t point to a specific person or organization who thinks it’s their responsibility to deliver the outcome in its entirety. Lots of people talk about the problem, and often many work on slices of it. But if you asked: ‘ is there a hyper-competent person waking up every day feeling accountable for making sure this gets solved ?’—the answer is very often, ‘no.’ These problems exist

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