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Rethinking the Road to Service | Jayaprakash Narayana | TEDxVCE
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-13 15:51
Government Employment & Economic Perspective - Government should focus on core functions like infrastructure, healthcare, and education, rather than being seen as the primary solution to employment [4][13][28][32] - Over-reliance on government jobs is detrimental to the country and its youth, as the real work and innovation lie in the market [31][35] - Jobs are fundamentally created by fulfilling societal needs through the production of goods and services, not by government decree [16][17][34] - India's education system needs transformation to prioritize usable, employable skills, similar to South Korea and Germany [25][26][27][33] - A cultural shift is needed to value all productive work and focus on competence, not just job security within the government sector [33] Labor Market & Wage Disparity - Government jobs in India can absorb only about 1% of the annual influx of young people entering the job market (12 million/year), highlighting the limited capacity of the public sector [8] - In the past 8 years, only 720,000 people (7.2% of applicants) were selected for government jobs out of 220 million applicants [7] - Government wages in India are significantly higher (181 rupees for every 100 rupees in the private sector) for the same work, without corresponding outcomes [10][18] - A service delivery crisis exists in India, with the country ranking poorly on global indicators compared to other large economies [29][30][31]
Why leadership is about more than authority | Matthew Fairholm | TEDxUSD
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-09 15:46
[Applause] My father was inspired by President Kennedy's quote, "Ask not what you your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." And by the goal of putting a man on the moon. Now the Apollo 13 mission for NASA was a pretty major event because of an exploding oxygen tank. Six a three astronauts were stranded in an broken capsule for for six days.They and the people on the ground worked tirelessly to try to bring them home. On April 17th, 1970, the capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean. All ...
Would I Ever Run For Government?
Why don't you go into government. Why have you thought about you being Secretary of Treasury, chairman of the Federal Reserve, run for the Senate or something and solve those problems while you're in government. Have you ever thought of that.Scares the daylights out of me. Uh I I let me say I have the greatest appreciation and respect for those who go into public service and serve in this kind of an environment. I think there's a question of whether uh with the population, it's not just a leadership questio ...
'Camp Democracy' brings children of fired federal workers to Capitol Hill
MSNBC· 2025-07-27 23:17
Workforce Reduction & Impact - The Trump administration's workforce overhaul resulted in job losses for thousands of federal employees [1] - Affected workers organized "camp democracy" in Washington D C to protest firings and educate lawmakers on the consequences of budget cuts [1] - Public service is viewed as a calling, and layoffs impact real people and important issues [3] - Cuts in global health affect the ability to save mothers and babies, impacting those without a voice [4] Individual Perspective - Kathleen Borgetta, formerly of the USAD Global Health Bureau, emphasized the importance of lawmakers seeing the human impact of mass layoffs [2] - Borgetta brought her baby to highlight the impact of global health cuts on those both in the US and worldwide [4]