People sometimes have the greatest ideas and the noblest of intentions. Then you run into trouble, lack of money, or people with conflicting interests, killing the idea.
The natural tendency for people is to think that uttering a great idea and making it public is enough to make it work. People with great ideas know full well how to start an idea, but lack the effort, commitment, knowledge and overview to see it through and implement it successfully. Environmental issues for example. Generally improving the environment is a good thing, but apart from Al Gore telling us all about it in his Keynote slide show, he doesn't give a bloody clue how to go about actually improving it. Millions of managers rely on their "team" to go out and about, winging it and get the job done, all under the guise of pragmatism.
Pragmatism is too often used as an excuse to forget about important things, to defer responsibility, and to place a lot of stress on the boys and girls actually making it happen.
I'm all for flexibility and being able to cope with problems, expected or not. Those are good traits to have. But not if people heading the group actually have no idea what they're doing. The people with the ideas must also have a plan, or grab an able person to work it out.
Relying on the effort and responsibility of others, is naive.
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