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Lifes Most Dif cult Problems

Dean Collinwood and

Ximena de la Cruz-NorthMarch 2011

This survey was administered in February-March 2011 to all email addresses in FranklinCoveys database o Facebook, Twitter, and public program participants. This document is or internal FranklinCovey use only.

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Ever since the 1930s when George Gallup developed the most important problem (MIP) poll,scores o polling agencies, research centers, media outlets, and other organizations have askedMIP questions o literally hundreds o thousands i not millions o respondents. The surveysare most o ten conducted by such reputable organizations as the National Opinion ResearchCenter (NORC) at the University o Chicago, the Survey Research Center at the Universityo Michigan, and by private organizations such as Roper, Harris, and the Gallup organization.Today, Most Important Problem or MIP polls are a staple o the polling industry. The resultso such polls provide good odder or television news broadcasters, or would-be politicians onthe stump, and or humanitarian and other non-pro t organizations seeking unding or justi ca-tion or their programs. Here is an example o a recent CBS MIP poll soliciting opinions romresidents in the USA:

This particular poll was open-ended; that is, it allowed respondents to say whatever they wanted,and their answers were subsequently categorized. Another approach to MIP surveys is to providea number o likely options and then ask respondents to select rom among them. The ollowingBloomberg poll (also o the USA) illustrates this type:

1 http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm 2 Ibid

CBS News Poll. Feb. 11-14, 2011. N=1,031 adults nationwide. Margin o error 3.

What do you think is the most important problem acing this country today?

%

Economy and jobs 48

Budget defcit/National debt 7

Health care 6

War/Iraq/A ghanistan 4

Education 3

Big government/Bureaucracy 3

Crime 2

Misc. social issues 2

Other 21

Unsure 4

Background


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Like the CBS and Bloomberg polls, most MIP surveys are administered at a national level. Inthe United States, this means that a typical representative sample o the population (usually de-termined by percentage o men/women; percentage old/young; percentage conservative/liberal,etc.) would require rom 1000 to 1300 or so respondents. Gathering responses rom a globalpopulation has historically been more di cult, but online and telephone sampling has made theglobal population more accessible. For example, GlobeScan administers a global poll annually or the BBC World Service. In the 2010 poll, the nearly 25,000 respondents, contacted by telephone,came rom 23 countries. Poverty was rated as the most serious issue by ten o the countries inthe study, while respondents in ve countries said the rising cost o ood and energy was the

most serious problem.Notice that the wording o the MIP questions varies somewhat; sometimes it is simply, the mostserious problem, other times it is phrased as most important (or serious) issue, and so on. Weknow that wording changes can and does a ect how respondents answer, but in these instances,we think the di erences are minor, and we have modi ed the traditional MIP question some-what in our survey below.

Bloomberg National Poll conducted by Selzer & Company. March 4-7,2011. N=1,001 adults nationwide. Margin o error 3.1.

Which o the ollowing do you see as the most important issue ac-ing the country right now? Immigration. Health care. The ederal defcitand government spending. The war in A ghanistan. Unemployment and

jobs. Options rotated

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Unemployment and jobs 43 50

Federal defcit and spending 29 25

Health care 12 9

War/Iraq/A ghanistan 7 7

Immigration 3 5

Other (vol.) 4 1

Unsure 2 3

Unsure 4


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FranklinCovey, with consulting and training activities in 123 countries, utilized its Center or Advanced Research to conduct a global MIP survey in early 2011. The survey was administeredonline in English during the months o February and March, 2011 to all email addresses inFranklinCoveys database o Facebook, Twitter, and stphen.r.covey.com community participants,as well as to those people worldwide who had participated in any o FranklinCoveys publicworkshops on the 7 Habits, time management, or other training courses. These databases con-sisted, literally, o hundreds o thousands o people. No attempt was made to weight answers or use other techniques to create a representative sample o respondents rom any particular countryor the world overall. Rather, the survey was sent only to those people who already had somekind o connection with FranklinCovey, most o ten through attending an open-to-the publictraining workshop. The thousands o employees who have participated in FranklinCovey work-shops as part o their companys leadership or employee development plans were not includedin the survey.

The survey panel consisted o six demographic questions (place o residence, type o organizationin which the respondent worked, number o years in the work orce, position in the organiza-tion, type o industry, and educational level), and ve most serious challenge questions, alongwith open-ended opportunities or respondents to explain why they had picked the choices theydid. The survey asked respondents to select and rank, rom a list o problems, the most seriouschallenges acing the world, their countries, their cities, the organizations they worked or, andtheir personal lives. The ultimate goal was not just to nd out what people thought, but rather tolink their opinions to FranklinCovey training programs that emphasize creative problem-solvingderiving rom synergistic thinking.

Respondents were allowed to skip questions they did not want to answer, but most respondents(5113 or about 65%) completed the entire survey. There appeared to be a logic behind thosequestions that were skipped; that is, many o the skipped questions were likely rom people notin the work orce and there ore having no opinion about the organizational challenge question.The survey was sent out over a message rom Dr. Stephen R. Covey encouraging respondentsto participate. The survey took about 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The data were capturedand analyzed by two sta members o the Center or Advanced Research using SPSS and other statistical so tware. Cross tabulations were created when necessary to parse some o the objectivedata, and content analysis was per ormed on the written, open-ended responses.

the moSt SeriouS challenge SUrVEY DETaILS


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The 7834 respondents came rom every region o the world and rom a variety o organizations/ industries. We asked respondents only to tell us the general region o the world in which theylived (A rica, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and other), but some people, in their personal comments, indicated which country they lived in. Thus, we know that among manyothers, respondents came rom Canada, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and theUnited States. Notice that because some respondents skipped questions, the totals are not thesame in every table. Because we were not attempting to create a representative sample, it did notmatter that some questions were skipped.

It is important to note again that the respondents were people who had already, in some way,made contact with FranklinCovey over the years. Responses were, o course, entirely voluntary;

anyone receiving our survey request could have chosen to respond or not. Thus, again, this isnot a representative sample even o FranklinCovey contacts but is best seen as random eedbackrom the eld. Here then is the breakdown o the demographics o those who chose to respond:

TabLE 1 Where do you reSide?

TabLE 2 What type of organization do you Work for?

7834 PeopleResponded

# a sw r s s %

1 Not- or-proft organiztion 1,124 15%

2 For-proft company 4,130 57%3 Government 1,254 17%

4 Other 764 11%

Total 7,272 100%

1 North America 4,701 66%

4 Europe 1,125 16%

3 Asia 586 8%

2 Latin America 240 3%

5 A rica 216 3%

6 Other 229 3%

Total 7,097 100%

Who reSponded?


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TabLE 3 hoW long have you Worked full-time in the Workforce?

Thus, the modal respondent resided in North America (66% o respondents), worked or a or-pro t company (57% o respondents), and had been in the work orce or over 10 years (75%).Here are the results or the other demographic questions we asked:

TabLE 4 What iS your poSition at Work?

TabLE 5 type of induStry in Which you Work?

# a sw r s s %

1 Executive (top management) 1,533 21%

2 Middle management 2,711 38%

3 Employee 2,268 32%

4 Other 619 9%

Total 7,131 100%

# a sw r s s %

1 Financial Services/Insurance 709 10%

2 Health/Education Services 1,744 24%

3 Manu acturing 685 10%

4 Transportation/Utilities 314 4%

5 Retail 272 4%

6 In ormation Services 528 7%

7 Public Administration 279 4%

8 Hopitality Industry 195 3%

9 Pro essional Services 1,055 15%

10 Other 1,350 19%

Total 7,132 100%

# a sw r s s %

1 1-5 years 1,041 14%

4 6-10 years 800 11%

3 over 10 years 5,431 75%

Total 7,272 100%


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TabLE 6 education level

Thus, the modal respondent occupied a position in middle management (38%); worked or ahealthcare/educational organization (24%); and was a university graduate (41%). However, themode does not tell the whole story.

A surpr isingly large percentage (21%) o top management had not graduated rom college, nor had 22 percent o middle management. Also, only 43 percent o top management had receivedan advanced (post college) degree. Thus, nearly 60 percent o people who are running businessesat the top management level do not possess advanced degrees, and 65 percent o those runningcompanies at the middle management level do not possess advanced degrees. We may speculatethat this is one reason they made a connection with FranklinCovey, that is, because they mayhave elt the need or the additional support and knowledge they might have received in gradu-ate school had they attended.

As might be expected, the elds o healthcare/education had the largest percentage o top man-agement with advanced degrees (35%) ollowed by pro essional services (16%). On the oppositeend, the hospitality industry had less than 2 percent o top management with advanced degrees,ollowed by retail with 2 percent and transportation with 3 percent.

As or di erences in geographic regions, we ound that 88 percent o respondents rom LatinAmerica were university graduates or above; 85 percent o Asian respondents were universitygraduates or above; and 78 percent o A rican respondents were university graduates or above.By contrast, only 74 percent o North American respondents and just 70 percent o Europeanrespondents were university graduates or above. These last two gures may refect the broader

penetration o the market by FranklinCovey in those regions, compared with the other regionswhere FranklinCovey and its relatively high sticker price may still be reaching only the upper levels o society.

These, then, are the kind o people who responded to this survey. What did they have to sayabout the most important problems in the world, their countries, their cities, their workplaces,and their personal lives?

# a sw r s s %

1 High School 394 6%

2 Some university 1,371 19%

3 University graduate 2,925 41%

4 Advanced degree(s) 2,407 34%

Total 7,097 100%

21% o top man-agers and 22% o middle managers

are not collegegraduates

60% o top man-agers do not have

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We asked respondents to select and rank the three most serious challenges facing theworld. Respondents could select rom seven options. The options were: stopping war and ter-rorism, reducing unemployment, providing good education, eliminating poverty, maintaininglaw and order, managing the environmentland, water, and air, and other.

More people chose stopping war and terrorism as their most serious global challenge than theydid any other option. By that we mean that more people avored that choice than any other single choice, i.e., it garnered the largest number o respondents as the modal response. We ol-lowed this modal-selection pattern or all the subsequent questions.

For their second most serious challenge, more people chose eliminating poverty than any other

option. For their third most serious challenge, more people chose managing the environmentthan any other option. Thus, in ranked order, respondents most serious challenges at the globallevel were:

1. Stopping war and terror ism

2. Eliminating poverty

3. Managing the environmentland, water, and air

We then asked respondents to explain the reason behind their choice o the rst most seriouschallenge in the world. Here is sample o their reasons. Note that although more people selectedstopping war and terrorism than any other choice, many people selected other options. So, thesample comments below are related to several o the selected options:

A European top manager with over 10 years experience in pro essional services said, As long asresources are unequally divided among humans, we will have to ace challenges like war, terror-ism, and unemployment. Just take a look at the world today, Egypt et al. started with people nolonger accepting an unequal division o resources.

A Latin American middle manager with over 10 years experience in nancial services wrote,Its very important to eliminate poverty in the world. Sometimes hunger makes you to do uglythings in order to survive.

A European middle manager with 6-10 years experience in in ormation services said, Povertyhas no place in a world with such riches. Fairer means o trade are required to li t up the poorestparts o the world. Leadership is required to recognise and act upon this.

Top world issue:Stopping war and

terrorism

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Analysis o the Other category

The other category was very large, with over 500 other responses, including such challengesas nuclear threat, consumption-driven mindset, stopping hunger in the world, HIV Aids,non-equitable distribution o wealth, and stopping erosion o amilies.

Because the number o responses in the open-ended other category was so large and diverse,we decided to per orm a content analysis o the answers using SPSS content analysis so tware.We were able to categorize the top three responses as ollows:

1. Need or more stable economies (balancing budgets, controlling costs)

2. Need or human rights and democracy

3. Stop the decline o moral values in societies worldwide

These responses do not represent the modal response o all people answering the most seriouschallenge in the world question; rather, they are a summary o the views o those respondents(only 6% o the total) who pre erred to select other rather than use our pre-determined op-tions.


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We asked respondents to select and rank the t hree most serious challenges in their respec-tive countries. Respondents had the ollowing seven options rom which to choose: stop-ping war and terror ism, reducing unemployment, providing good education, eliminating poverty,maintaining law and order, managing the environmentland, water, and air, and other.

More people chose reducing unemployment as their most serious country challenge than theydid any other option. For their second most serious challenge, more people chose providinggood education than any other option (although reducing unemployment was a close secondin this category). For their third most serious country challenge, more people chose manag-ing the environment than any other option (although providing good education was a closesecond in this category). Thus, in ranked order, respondents most serious perceived challenges

at the country level were:

1. Reducing unemployment

2. Providing good education

3. Managing the environment

We then asked respondents to explain the reason behind their choice o the rst most seriouschallenge in their respective countries. Here is sample o their reasons. Note that although morepeople selected reducing unemployment than any other choice, many people selected other options. So, the sample comments below are related to several o the selected options:

An Asian middle manager with over 10 years experience in a or-pro t pro essional servicescompany said: Our country belongs to one o the poorest in Asia. This is the battle cry among[us] where the majority o our population lives in poverty classes. There is a lack o employment,poor education, in rastructure acilities are hardly available, huge debt, poor governance, and cor-ruption is rampant.

A North American employee with over 10 years experience in the work orce explained: Wehave traded what is best or our children or the interest o what is best or adults. When childrenare ailing in schools they are just le t behind rather than being given tutoring or other alterna-tives. When the teachers have worked their 7 or 8 hours they eel their day is over. It shouldntwork that way.

A European middle manager with over 10 years experience in a or-pro t manu acturing com-pany says, Because o the economic crisis, unemployment has increased and keeps increasingevery month. Our countrys loans have to be paid back in a ew years, but with people losingtheir jobs, then both the taxes and the countrys income will be reduced, and we will not be ableto repay the loans.

A Latin American middle manager with over 10 years experience in nancial services wrote:This is a very important problem because we need to provide sa ety or locals and tourism. Welive rom tourism here.

Top country issue:Reducing

unemployment

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Once again, the other category was very large, with over 1200 respondents choosing such var-ied most serious challenges or their countries as, maintaining reedom o speech, especiallyon the Internet, decreasing i not eradicating corruption in the government, rogue govern-ment o cials, aging o the population, and tackling social exclusion.


1. Reduction in government debt / controlling costs

2. Need or better, a ordable healthcare

3. Corruption in government

These responses do not represent the modal response o all people answering the most seriouschallenge in your country question; rather, they are a summary o the views o those respond-ents (just 15% o the total) who pre erred to select other rather than use our pre-determinedoptions.


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We asked respondents to select and rank the three most serious challenges in their cities.The seven options were: There is not a good, clean water supply or the whole city; rents andhouse prices are too high; my city is not sa e because there is so much crime; there are too manypeople out o work; people o di erent cultures and races do not mix well in this city; my city isheavily polluted; and other.

More people chose too many people out o work as their most ser ious city challenge than theydid any other single option. For their second most serious challenge, more people chose toomany people out o work than any other single option ( ollowed closely by rents and housingprices are too high).

For their third most serious city challenge, more people chose rents and house prices are toohigh ( ollowed closely by my city is not sa e because there is so much crime) than any other single option. Thus, in ranked order, respondents most serious perceived challenges at the citylevel were:

1. Too many people out o work

2. Rents and house prices are too high

3. City is heavily polluted

We then asked respondents to explain the reason behind their choice o the rst most seriouschallenge in their respective cities. Here is sample o their reasons. Note that although morepeople selected too many people out o work than any other single choice, many people select-ed other options. So, the sample comments below are related to several o the selected options:

A European middle manager with over 10 years experience in a or-pro t pro essional servicescompany said, There are limited opportunities or people to work. This is partly due to thegeneral economic situation and the act that organizations have been gathered in the capital o the country.

A European in top management with over 10 years experience in healthcare/education said,There is a large, totally uncontrollable fow immigrants [into the city], whereas, as the same time,the state cannot provide them any kind o caring or help.

An Asian employee with 1 to 5 years experience in in ormation services said, My city is on therontline o terrorism. Nobody can understand how much we are su er ing with bomb blastsevery day indiscriminately killing people o all ages.

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Top city issue:Too many people

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The other category was very large, with over 1200 respondents choosing such varied mostserious challenges or their cities as, we are not ree to openly talk about certain subjects,ine cient government service providers, alcohol, the making and en orcing o laws is un-predictable, and building a good school building or our children.


1. Need or better education

2. Improved in rastructure, including transportation

3. Need or reduction in tra c congestion

These responses do not represent the modal response o all people answering the most seriouschallenge in your city question; rather, they are a summary o the views o those respondents(about 15% o the total) who pre erred to select other rather than use our pre-determinedoptions.


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We asked respondents to select and rank the three most serious challenges in the organiza-tion they worked for. The eight options were: Di culty in attracting customers; lack o in-novation and creativity; conficts between management and employees; controlling costs; intensecompetition; lack o su cient capital resources; achieving pro table growth; and other.

The most requently selected option was other, but we shall rst list the responses to thepre-determined options. First was lack o su cient capital resources, ollowed by controllingcosts, and then achieving pro table growth.

1. Lack o su cient capital resources

2. Controlling costs

3. Achieving pro table growth

We then asked respondents to explain the reason behind their choice o the rst most seriouschallenge in their respective companies. Here is sample o their reasons. Note that althoughmore people selected lack o su cient capital resources than any other choice a ter other,many people selected other options. So, the sample comments below are related to several o the selected options:

A North American employee with over 10 years experience in healthcare/education said, Weare very much stuck in our 100-year tradition. People seem to think that since thats whats madeus success ul, we should continue to do what weve always done. Were becoming more irrelevantevery day.

A European middle manager with over 10 years experience in in ormation services explainedhis choice, Our organization is too much top-down organized. Too little use is made o thecreativity and entrepreneurship o our highly educated pro essionals.

An Asian middle manager with 6-10 years experience in manu acturing commented, They areproducing the same stu irrespective o the dynamic nature o the market.

A Latin American top manager with over 10 years experience in in ormation services said, Thecustomers dont have enough money to a ord our services, and credit is really expensive andhard to acquire.

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Top organization-al issue: Lack o su fcient capital

resources


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The other category gained the single largest number o respondents or this question, implyingo course that there were many more challenges acing our respondents at work than the sevenpre-de ned options we gave them. Some o the speci c other items were: government regu-lation, cost o doing businessgovernment regulation and taxes, high employee turnover,lack o people with ambition, and no strategy or vision. Because the other category wasso broad, once again, we conducted a content analysis using SPSS analytical tools. We ound thatthe top three other responses could be grouped under the ollowing headings:

1. Leadership and Management

2. Lack o mission, vision, de ned goals, ocus

3. Bureaucracy and regulations

While these responses are interesting, they represent the views o only about 1500 respondents.(19% o the total). By contrast, the list o the three top challenges discussed above represents theviews o over 6000 respondents. Moreover, many o the other responses were actually coveredin the pre-de ned options, but the respondents pre erred to use their own language rather thanours to state the problem.


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We asked respondents to select and rank the three most serious challenges in their personallives. The eight options were: Confict or communication problems with a spouse/partner other amily member; physical health problems (sel or amily members); eeling pressured and over-worked; lack o meaning or purpose in what I do; not being able to pay or personal or amilyexpenses; not having enough education; lack o job satis action, and other.

Interestingly, more people chose eeling pressured and overworked than any other single op-tion, and they did so or the most serious personal challenge, the next most serious, and thirdmost ser ious personal challenge. For the third option, however, eeling overworked was tied withlack o job satis action. I we had given respondents only three options and asked them to rankthe three, then there would be no possibility o an option appearing more than once, that is, as

both a rst and a second or third choice. Once an option had been chosen, it would disappear as an option in the second and third rounds. But because respondents were able to select romamong seven or eight options, it was possible that the top choice or rank one could also end upbeing the top choice or ranks two or three. Again, recall that we have determined the rankingsby selecting the most requently selected option (the mode) or each question and each level.Thus, it is possible or the same option to appear more than once, and thus it has in this case:

1. Feeling pressured and overworked


3. Feeling pressured and overworked / lack o job satis action

We then asked respondents to explain the reason behind their choice o the rst most seriouschallenge in their respective companies. Here is sample o their reasons. Note that althoughmore people selected eeling pressured and overworked than any other choice, many peopleselected other options. So, the sample comments below are related to several o the selected op-tions:

A North American working in healthcare/education explained, My income has been cut sig-ni cantly. Theres enough to survive, but living on the edge is stress ul and unsustainable.

A person residing in A rica with 1-5 years experience in top management wrote, I was work-ing or an international company, but I resigned last year. I le t because I could no longer nd

meaning in what I was doing.

A European middle manager with over 10 years experience in a pro essional services rm said:I get stressed, eeling burned out, and dont have time and energy to do things or me.

The other category, selected by over 700 respondents, included such comments as I want tomake a di erence in the lives o others I worked hard to get into college but didnt. Such thingshappen requently in my li e, My uture is obscure, and ADHD is not easy to cope with,especially with a late diagnosis.

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Top personal issue:Feeling pressuredand overworked


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The other category was selected by 1399 respondents, implying o course that there weremany more challenges acing our respondents in their personal lives than the seven pre-de nedoptions we gave them. Some o the speci c other items were: lack o personal quality time,I dont achieve what I aim or, jack o all trades; master o none, and balancing work andprivate time. We ound, however, that the top three other responses could be grouped under the ollowing headings:

1. Managing time ( eeling there is not enough time)

2. Balance in ones li e

3. Problems with relationships / absence o relationship

These responses represent the views o about 18% o the total responses. Many o the otherresponses were actually covered in the pre-de ned options, but the respondents pre erred to usetheir own language rather than ours to state the problem.


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W o es onded? The 7811 respondents came rom all over the world and represented di -erent industries and di erent educational and experience levels. But the modal respondent tothis survey was a North American college graduate working as a middle manager or a or-pro thealthcare or educational institution and with over 10 years work orce experience.

W t we e t ei most se ious llenges?

Summary

Wo ld Level:

1. Stopping war and terror ism

2. Eliminating poverty

3. Managing the environmentland, water, and air

count y Level:

1. Reducing unemployment

2. Providing good education

3. Managing the environment

city Level:

1. Too many people out o work

2. Rents and house prices are too high

3. City is heavily polluted

O g ni tion l Level:

1. Lack o su cient capital resources

2. Controlling costs

3. Achieving pro table growth

pe son l Li e Level:



3. Feeling pressured and overworked / lack o job satis action


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appENDIX: Open-ended responses with the reasons behind respondents choices or the mostserious challenges in the world, their countries, their cities, their organizations, and their personallives.

More than a billion people ace signi cant survival problems

I we do not e ectively manage the scarce resources that we still have, we will ace tre-mendous problems threatening even our survival in the planet. This pressure will raise thecost o managing this kind o problems year over year.

I we do not act, earth will not be in the near uture

Poverty is un ortunately a continuous issue and always growing...

Because we poison the environment there will not be tomorrow or the planet.

It is un air, inhuman and the most di cult to cope the same

This is a problem aced by all not just the 3rd world but the world powers as well. Noone is exempted rom this problem. I really believe in the message o a very movie madeby Disney --- Wall-E.

Climate change will seriously infuence our everyday li e in the uture

Again, with education, we can eliminate the other problems in the list.

Poverty is the source o many o the other problems listed.

As long as resources are unequally divided among humans, we have to ace challengeslike war, terror ism, unemployment. Just take a look at the world today, Egypt et al star tedwith people no longer accepting unequal division o resources

Lack o employment and government unding

Too many people are going without the basic necessities because this is a real reason or other problems

WOrLD challengeS

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Too many resources are being consumed and awareness o eco- riendly products is low while their price is high.

People need to be busy, and achieving so that they are not looking or solutions. Solving unem-ployment should resolve poverty (at a very general level)

We tend to think that the only wars going on in the world are the Iraq and the A ghanistan war,but in reality there is dozens o wars going on at the same time.

There are still so many people that havent got the basics that so many o us take or g ranted. Ind its a sin that most governments will sit back & do NOTHING

The world was never out o war and it is a very di cult task to exterminate war. Everyone isghting or their ideals. I think this will never be di erent.

A better world, in my opinion, means a world without poverty.

War and terrorism do nothing more than damage a countrys economic structure. Where there aretimes that political upheaval may be necessary in a country, the toll war and terrorism take on itscitizens is brutal. Buildings destroyed, lives lost, and countless amounts o money spent to supportthe destruction, or what, just so someone can have their say about a political view?

The key to competitiveness throughout the world is education. many underdeveloped nations donot have the resources to compete globally.

War and Terrorism should not be combined into the same category when speaking about aWorld Stage. War should encompass economic inequality and imposed hardship on one groupby another. There are plenty o countries with government-imposed racial, ethnic, and economicpersecution. I believe we all have a right to live and make the most o our lives.

Because Terrorists and Extremists want to rule the world.

The world as a whole is ravaged by war. with ever expanding arsenals o weapons o mass destruc-tion eliminating the threat o war is the surest way to ensure the continued enjoyment o reedom

Poverty

When we live in peace (not just our country), there will be space in our heads and hand todevelop worldwide. I we cant stop worldwide terrorism and wars, it will also a ect our nationaleconomy/health/ uture.

There are still too much people poor

See my answer in the previous question

No economic growth or any country without jobs.

See answer to previous question. No di erential needs.

Again, sa ety rst

As we know, the WW3 is coming. For the education, this is the most important.

Without the health o people, nothing else matters. I we die early because o poor health, therewill be no one to entrust the world to.

Many people across the globe are unemployed. Something must be done to create more jobs.


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Many people across the globe are unemployed. Something must be done to create more jobs.

I every nation improved the education levels o their people, we would be improving everyoneslives and being better educated would help us as a world community make better choices

Poverty has no place in a world with such r iches. Fairer means o trade are required to li t thepoorest parts o the world. Leadership is required to recognise and act upon this.

I there are no wars to ght and terrorism to deal with, we would be more ocused on improvingour economies and reducing poverty. Look at Sudan.

I there are no wars to ght and terrorism to deal with, we would be more ocused on improvingour economies and reducing poverty. Look at Sudan.

Lots o people are dying unnessesaraly

Solving this problem will hep to solve many others

Education breeds productivity, independence, and adaptability.

No one should be hurt by other people

Poverty is so o ten the catalyst that leads to the anger, hate greed and jealousy behind wars, terror and unemployment - solving the poverty problem has got to be the point o greatest leverage

The world has been divided by haves and have nots. Rich or the poor. There are billions o peo-ple below the poverty line and struggling to meet both ends. Te rich & developed world need todo some thing to bridge this gap.

Well, terror, still is the most important challenge acing the world. It threatens to take away theliberty and progress established democracies want to serve to the global citizens.

Again, education eliminates the rest o the list.

One part o the world lives in great poverty while on the other hand a lot o people (individualsand companies) have more then they need to have in order to live an exorbitant good li e. Thechallenge is to convince the rich to use their means in order to empower poor people to be ableto provide in an income.

I consider that the global ood and water shortage to be the number one world problem given theimmediacy o its infuence in poverty, starvation, the global economy and politics.

terrorrism is a global current problem.

We need to recover a reasonable trust and con dence in our neighbors but there is no peace with-

out justice, without a rather air distribution o resourcesWorlds political chaos and war

This stops the positive growth o the world directly a ecting all the challenges on the list.

Good education will reduce poverty eventually, it will make sure we manage the environment andall the other disasters

Stopping war and terrorism

This is a growing concern and should be treated with utmost prior ity and urgency.


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A good strong work orce will help to stimulate the economy and give hope or the uture. It alsogives youth hope or their uture i they eel there is the potential or employment. Talk o highunemployement and the downturn o the economy creates a negative attitude, we need the eel

good actor back amongst us.

I 1 is achieved we can look at more homogenous e ort rom all countries to combat the other problems

since a lot o countries lack basic knowledge o THE bigger picture, education is most important.All others Will be more success ull a ter that.

Poverty is in my opion the basic or many problems world wide

Poverty is in my opion the basic or many problems world wide

I there is going to be more imbalance between developed and underdeveloped countries becauseo poverty. It is going to cause more problems or the whole world

In much o the world, poverty is the root o many other serious problems, including terrorism, sextra cking and lack o education.

So people can achieve what they want, not taken back by doing things they dont (really) wantto do, but which they need to do to earn money. You have to work or what you want, but i youhave enough money to eat and live in a house, than you can use your abilities or what you want.

I you look at the middle east, they have near 20% unemployment. That clearly helps add a g reatdeal o unstability and anger in the region.

Because once every child has the opportunity to learn- it eliminates many o the other problemsin the world.

Education is basic building block towards nding the answer to other di cuulties that we ace.

War and terrorism inhibit lot o solutions to the other problems like poverty, education and globalhealth. I eel it is the biggest challenge in reaching an equitable world.

Again, most world problems stem rom people not living sustainably

When people are empowered, there is synergy to take care o the rest. Its important to say that Imnot re erring to the current US educational model but to one that truly empowers and providesopportunities or its students.

There has been a population explosion since the beginning o the industrial revolution. We arenow sending ood products across country borders because they can not grow enough ood toeed their own people. The arming practices that they do have do not properly care or the soilin order to continue the lands productivity. There is not enough drinkable water in all placeswhere there are people. We are building huge dams to harness water or the population. Eventu-ally, the water will move itsel back to its original path, creating destruction.

Because no man should have to spend his li e in poverty. Poverty is at the root o other globalproblems like poor education, environmental issues.

I law and order are maintained through out the world, then war and terrorism would subside andmore resources could be spent on protecting the planet and improving the environment.

War and terrorism destroy the ability or people to have sa e lives, provide or themselves and their children, and obtain a solid education.


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People are dying and too little care about it.

more than 50% o the people are too poor...

1 & 2 are linked; it seems to me that some countries do not like the way other countries are beingrun and so they decide to en orce their way on the other. Sure, i there is a dictator in charge whodoes not have the people o that country at heart then I would agree that they should be stopped.However, it also seems that the orce, group or organisation that are being ought may not be parto one country but ound in many di erent countries. There is then the idea that actually whatcertain countries are ghting to control may not be dictators but commodities that may be valu-able to them and their economy. But this whole senario has little impact on me and my li e savethe cost o uel to run my car or house (and Im not just talking about oil), which others seem tomerely make millions in pro t rom and or what? Because those millions do not seem to help anyo these key issues.

believe that people who have their basic needs met ( ood and health), who have the tools to envi-

sion and build a uture (education) are ar less likely to partake in acts o terrorism and violence.

IIt is important, not that there is that much terrorism, but the mindset o people has changed. War and terrorism relate directly to economy, thus are a ser ious threat or governments.

A well-educated society will have a naturally lower rate o unemployment, poverty, and be moreaware o ecological problems, directly a ecting the choices I cited as the 2nd and 3rd most impor-tant challenges.

There are countries like India, Pakistan, A aghanistan etc. which are living in such a environmentwhere they dont know what is going to happen with them during the course o the day and arethey going to come back home sa ely.

Similar to my response in what my country aces. When I think o the world, I am not onlythinking about countries that are poverty stricken, having wars, etc. My amily and I visited Koreaa ew years ago. We were able to stay with riends who introduced us to many di erent ages andbackgrounds o people (very young children, working class citizens, military personnel, elderly).One think that struck us as odd was that the younger generations did not understand the perspec-tive o the older generation, why decisions were made to bring the US to Korea, how importantit is to keep a base in Seoul to protect the border rom North, etc. The younger olks were makingdecisions based on in ormation that have in ront o them here and now without looking at thebigger picture o the past and the uture.

We have too many people letting ego get in the way. It is hard to adjust anyones attitude when noone sees things or the greater good..and leaders think that they all have a solution. Un ortunatlythe solution is hampered by everyones sel shness and greed.

No minds working, no Worlds working, or eel controling to What they want. Many minds work-ing, better envirememt to everibody grow!

Good education is the base or everything. Educated people have their own mindset and dont allor wrong messiahs or promises. I we get education right, everything else or ollow automagi-cally.

People o ten try to overcome a confict by con rontation, unknowingly exacerbating theproblem(s). Denying unity between all o li e, all o love, seems to be the cause o many (all?)problems.


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The root cause o world problems such as poverty, disease, unemployment, corruption and lack o education is the lack o moral, transparent law and order. Citizens around the world need to beprotected by a law en orcement system that protects and de ends their basic human rights. Once

that is established, economies and health/educational systems can fourish, reducing all o the other problems the world aces.

Again, it is at the root o many o the others

We need to take care o our environment. We have abused it in ways beyond imaginations. I wewill not mind reverting our treatment o the environment, then we are denying our children theright to have a better uture.

The world are ull o resources, oportunities and wellness, but just ew people have the most parto it. We most reach the poorest people and help them with good opotunities.

Because no corporation and no country wants to cede or even wealthness with anyone, leavingthe rich richer and the poor, poorer. In a ew words, greed got the world unbalance.

poverty is prevalent across the globe which is the major reason because o which serious problemo terrorism comes into play because poor uneducated people are very prone to brain wash thatleads them to be a unwanted social entity.

The world is getting increasingly polarised as a result o terrorism. It is going to exert huge eco-nomic, political and social costs in the next ew decades.

I hear the most orm it and it is also a source or other problems like child soldiers, oppresion o minoritiesetcetera

Many children in poor and emerging countries have very little education, especially girls. Educa-tion can solve many o the other problems o the world.

war and terrorism is the biggest threat to world peace and coexistence.

severy poverty is inhumane

With all the money recently spent on everything - it has become obvious that the war on poverty.drugs, unemployment, world peace - was no war at all. We have and continue to be lied to andcontinue to pay, some with their lives - or the good o a ew.

I people have jobs, good educations and believe in law and order, the war and terrorism will be Ibelieve be reduced, poverty diminished and we will more than likely take better care o the envi-ronment .....

Because it involves a serious and lasting trans er and sharing o cultural, economic and techno-

logical suport.Its very important to eliminate poverty in the world some times hunger takes you to do uglythings in order to survive


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Signi cant public de cit, drop in GDP

The country is no longer able to nance its de cits and public debt due to the interests requiredrom the markets. There ore, a series o structural changes should take place, in combination withsevere interventions to public consumption and public investments to decrease de cits.

extremely high de cit

Due the crisis, hundreds o SME companies are closing.

Because due to economical crisis the unemployment has increased and keep increasing everymonth, when our country loan has to be paid in some years. I people loosing their jobs, then thetaxes and the country income will be reduced and the country loan will not be able to be repaid.

It a ects the entire social, economic and political environment o the country

globally no health environment not li e at all

Over the years, through di erent presidents, there has always been a case against the outgoingpresident, outgoing military heads and other high govt o cials related to corruption.

the unemployment rate gets larger and larger. it is important or people to eel that they have apurpose and they receive some money to cover basic needs

We need to educate uture generations.

Without good education we wont be able to solve the other problems.

Everything starts with good education

Lack o employment and government unding

Without employed people the govt cannot address poverty-taxbase is messed up and schoolssu er-thus educational standards drop in the most needed areas. It is all connected.

general economic situation is quite good, political situation is stable, so this is crutial today

The outlook o other country on USA

historic reasons including closed markets

Unemployment a ects the whole economy, both physical and psychologicalIt seems that the United States is more worried about the mental health o the children rather thantheir education. Educations systems in America do not refect real li e. In real li e sometimes youwin and sometimes you loose. In school sports children are learning that everyone is a winner andthat i you dont pass the 3rd grade, it is ok to move on to the 4th grade because we pre er to haveundereducated children than crying children.

Our countrys unemployment rate has rocketed out o control over the past two years & there islittle or no prospect or so many o the unemployed at the moment.

It looks people dont care or eachother anymore, the society is getting harder. Its all about meme me and the rest will be orgoten. It is di cult to change because it is a mental issue, there arepeople who want to change this but i think they stay in the back.

cOUNTrY chaLLENGES

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Poverty is the most serious challenge because the other two challeges have their bases in it. Notthe mention its damage to whole social structure.

In the recent years in the US, there has been an upseing o unemployment caused by many actorswith the countrys economy. We have seen companies old under and others reduce their man-power just to stay alive. The mount o people that remain unemployed has not seen a signi cantdecrease or almost three years, with the unemployment ben ts they receive soon running out.How are the American (unemployed) people supposed to survive in an economy thwarted withpoor bene ts, ew jobs, and an even bleeker outlook on the job market?

The United States is aced with the outsourcing o employment due to the rising cost o good andservices. Putting Americans back to work will need strategic planning rom the public and privatesector.

unemployment is causing a growing ri t in the quality o education and nancial stability o middle-class America. As this ri t widens we will lose a generation o potential thought-leaders(ie- educators, advanced degree seekers) to the necessity o guaranteed short-term income. This, inturn, will a ect the viability o uture world leaders coming rom the USA.

Because we are in serious debt, and we need leaders that will work to reduce the national debt andboost the economy.

Were 4 years removed rom the beginning o a recession that purportedly ended almost 2 yearsago. Millions are unemployed and several more are desperate to nd a better job but cant giventhe lack o better options. It a ects our GDP, our stock market indexes and there ore the con -dence employers have in expanding their labor needs

economic growth

Good education is the basis or prosperity / employment / economic growth

Becuase o the economic crisis, also in the Netherlands unemployment is high

It is the number one thing we need to survive. Basic elements o li e! And this is not only or mycountry.. It starts with each country taking responsibiity or it.

We need jobs or our people.....no jobs, no economic growth or our country.

A legal ramework needs to be adequately maintained in order or people to be able to make deci-sions reely. Proper legislation and en orcement would lead to the accomplishment o all the abovegoals, since they could have predictability or the outcomes o actions they take to achieve them.

Most everything takes a backseat to sa ety

My country is Vietnam. Its easy to think that we need to be a better country. Education, Finance,economi is the most serious challenge.

I we do not have our health, nothing else matters.

Dr.Covey, I have worked or large corporations such as IBM and Motorola. I have over 10 yearsexperience in Project Management and was recently resourced on 9/2/10. I have been unem-ployed 4 times to date and do not see the outlook on jobs getting any better. I recently part-nered with a Health & Wellness company to start creating a residual income, however this type o business takes time and I need a way to start making money. I believe something must be done tohelp create more jobs soon, otherwise our nation is in a lot o trouble.

this is the most ser ious because it has rami cations across all industries, regions o the country andeconomic groups and ethnic groups


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Everything stems rom a healthy and productive economy. The spiraling e ects o high unemploy-ment could cripple many generations to come.

We are dealing with years o thousands o unresolved murders and presently, we are dealing withkidnapping, terrorism and insecurity.

i everyone earns an income we have less poverty and children can get better education

Solving it will help to solve a number o other issues.

I believe that i we were an educated society we would not have so many social issues that needaddressing. We would be a independent and sel reliant society.

to reduce the government de cit

Poverty is so o ten the catalyst that leads to the anger, hate greed and jealousy behind wars, terror and unemployment - solving the poverty problem has got to be the point o greatest leverage

India is my home country & Corruption is way o li e here. It has been the most ser ious bottle-neck or the country to unleash its ull potential.

Faced with disintegrating polities all around, India is severely challenged to stop terrorism. It hasalready hit India hard - as and when it wants.

Poor education has gotten us where we are today I taught in our public schools or 10 years. Weneed to change our structure be ore its too late. Better education takes care o the rest o the listabove. High schools need to teach collaboration, not be out or onesel . Where, in your career,have you been told to work entirely by yoursel with the exception o testing or a certain certi -cate? Americans work as a team - so why arent our high schools? High schools need to lookmore like our colleges with apprenticeships or those who are not college bound.

I live in Holland. In 5 years a great deal o workers reached the age o retirement while on theother our labor orce increases. There wont be enough people to maintain the same level o well-ness/welbeing were accustomed to.

Though I currently live in Europe my home country is Australia - a country su ering romweather extremes like food, drought, re and cyclones. Though considered natural disasters theman-made infuence on these disasters cannot be outruled.

Lapse in maintaining law and order increases corruption, infation and quality o li e is su red.

We need to increase productivity in order to be competitive again, create jobs and wealth, recover trust in the economic and political enviroment

Poverty

The daily threat and worry o a uncertain world plays on everyones mind at some level. It may notseem like the most important but it can keep people rom really risking in areas that can make bigchange.

Unemployment leads to all kinds o disasters or a country: poverty, unhappiness, stress, agressive-ness, and so on

Huge debt a ter recession, government cuts in public sector, and increased unemployment

The economy, it underpins everything else


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Close to 70% o the population live near or below poverty line. It is essential to have an equitabledistribution o wealth amongst all classes o the society

In THE long run these are THE most important conditions or development And getting THEleast attention.

The Netherlands is trying to retain its economical position. Education is the main resource to addvalue, but there is not enough money to provide the governmental subsidies to maintain a highlevel

I america needs to compete with the world, we need to re orm education. Make children thinkand make better decisions

Education is the basis or success in li e. It will not only help secure our childrens--and our countrys-- uture, but will also help to address the other two serious problems I marked: reducingunemployment and managing the environment.

Because education is not important to everyone, but it should be. It is the back bone o the coun-try.

For the USA competive in the 21st century, we need a strong work orce.

Because we have been exploiting our land or so long to gain pro t- that we cannot seriously goon this way unless we make dramatic changes to the way we live. Our natural resources are nite.There is a limit to them, and we are being overly greedy. There wont be anything le t or uturegenerations, and or a country that rests on the identity o being a beauti ul landscape- it wontcontinue that way or long.

Our country has been decimated by years o governmental negligence and corruption allied tobanking irregularities and an economy which was created by non sustainable building develop-ment. Due to the act that we cannot compete in manu acturing industry we need to be able tocompete in knowledge industries. We as a country need to educate ourselves to compete in nontraditional areas like research and development. Otherwise we will never trade our way out o thenancial mess that we nd ourselves in.

I live in Alberta, and the oil industry has lot o environmental issues. Alberta has a very high per capita energy consumption as well.

It encompasses all the other problems. Until we utilize a systematic approach to our problems, wewill founder

I our people are truly empowered, the rest will take care o itsel

The current unemployment rate is high. With lower unemployment, people spend less money,which has a ripple e ect on the goods and services provided in the country. It also decreases theincome or the municipalities, states and ederal government. This reduces basic services. Highunemployment compounds already existing issues at all levels.

Government expenses are drastically lowered in the area o education making it almost impossibleto maintain the required level o education.

A good education is the oundation upon which we can build or a better, more innovative uture.The world is advancing aster than we are and the amount o money put toward education isseverely lacking compared to other ormidable nations


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I believe that we have traded what is best or our children or the interest o what is best or adults.When children are ailing in schools they are just le t behind rather than being given tutoring or

other alternatives. When the teachers have worked their 7 or 8 hours they eel their day is over. Itshouldnt work that way.

Too many people abuse power and seek to only advance themselves. Our children arent sa e andare learning the wrong things in li e, based on bad examples. There are no good heroes anymore.

Bad economy at the moment.. so more and more people get unemployed.

Due to the current state o the economy. We are in the depths o this recession, lots o people areout o work (I understand that the gures are at a relatively high level), university is more di cultto gain entry to and the prospect o interest rates increasing means more people want or needmore money and businesses struggle to make enough sales - catch 22.

I see unemployment as a symptom o a larger economic issue in the US.

The education system was changed various times in the last past decades, and the quality did notimprove as believed.

Without education you are a lump walking around cradle to grave dependant on the governmentor someone to take care o you. Education does not mean in school longer..it means learning howto take care o yoursel and others with smart skiils. In Kindergarten learning proper groomingand dietary habits and exercise.. then add how money is used and how to save..and on rom there.We did not learn about that until high school and that is way too late. I there is education thegovernment will not have to spend money providing and will be able to use those unds to createbetter jobs. They will be able to ocus more on solving issues with other countries.

Politicians ocused on personal gain and empty gestures or the sake o the media instead o doing

anything or their country.Terrorism is the most serious problem in my Country (India). We have been acing internationalterrorism since 1992. The people in India are always be in state o insecurity due to this problem.

(NOTE: Wasnt sure this perspective was supposed to be my countrys or my own o where I eelmy country should ocus. I am going with the latter) Good education includes teaching youthhow to make high quality, well in ormed decisions and understand their alternatives, consequences,impacts, etc. regardless o outcome. Once a person has this ability to make decisions ( rom verysimple to complex, or person or business), this is the baseline or succeeding in other areas such ashow to ocus on their uture, how to run a company or political positions to help reduce unem-ployments, etc.

With no educatiom thers no uture or the childrens consequence, no uture or nexts generations.Problens to take seriusly to prepare and recognize teachers and provide sustentable resources.

Recent act o the European Union and also Germanys government to prevent child pornographyon the internet where pleaded to try to install a mighty censoring lter or the internet. This isactually the most serious problem Europe is acing.

Its not a national problem, but the low countries may su er severely rom our destabilizing infu-ences on the environment.

The Constitution is the ounding document that makes our government, our society and our economy work, but our Constitutional ramework has been increasingly abused and ignored bythe ederal government, at the expense o state and individual rights and liberties.


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Because it is at the root o many others on the list

Our country belongs to one o the poorest in Asia. This is the battlecry among Filipinos wherethe majori ty o our population lives in poverty classes. There is lack o employment, poor educa-tion, in rastructure acilities are hardly available, huge debt, poor governance and corruptions arerampant.

Because trough education the other problems could be solved. Our education system is not work-ing, the teachers are lazy, corrupts and not prepared.

Li ting educacional levels

good education is the only tool to ght with all other problem whether its law n order and em-ployement , with the help o educated people we can create the awareness about environmentalissue among educated pool.

My country has more people living below the poverty line than any other country. The gap be-tween the haves and have nots is increasing steadily.

It just worries me, especially with or sole right wing government.

Schools in this country are not preparing our children or the uture. We are alling behind other industrialized countries. Good education can lead to the solution to many o our other problemssuch as eliminating poverty, reduced unemployment, etc.

Creating jobs will eradicate poverty and unemployment. The country is in desperate need o moretaxpayers (currently just over 10% o our population pay income tax.

In our country (the Netherlands) we have a serious issue on integration o di erent ethnic people.With e.g. a moslim background and poor education. We need more caring or eachother.

In general our level o education has allen. Li eskills are not taught Better ocus on what is pre-ceived are service-level careers need to be enhanced.

Listening across the country, it seems excessive overtime is becoming a problem or the work orcesince employers do not wish to hire until the true picture o health care bene t costs becomeclearer ... and/or should the industry be moved to locations (including other countries) o cheaper labor and/or should we continue to compete with oreign industry or shut the doors .... wouldseem the economy could go either way based on continued government inter erence or un-riendly programs .....and oreign competition! Industry must see a window o opportunity tobegin hiring and increasing production ...i this condition continues much longer the cycle willbe so low, there will be no savings or monies to buy and/or invest in America ..... scary I think!The streets will then ll with protectors against our Government too!

The only way to take advantage o our economic growth and natural resources, in the long way,is to provide good education, with clear ocus on values, and capabilities requiered to develop in-novation.

This is a very important problem because we need to provide sa ety or locals and turism we liverom turism here in cancun mexico


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cITY chaLLENGES

Text Responses Heavy tra c, lack o in rastructure

There is a large, totally uncontrollable fow o immigrants, whereas at the same time the state can-not provide them any kind o caring or help.

the negative growth o the country has highly impacted the city were i leave. no job openings -instead lots o businesses close

Again, due to the cr isis...

Big unemployment holds back its growth.

Hazardous healthwise

many people,many tra c, ew work, ew clean air

Firemen not doing preventive work like in 7H v2..q2 re ghters. Policemen with sub-standardequipment etc. Govt agencies in general who are not able to service the public e ectively be-cause o either lack o competence and also fawed character / values.

there are limited opportunities or people to work, this is par tly due to the general economic situ-ation and the act that organizations have been gathered in the capital o the country.

None o the above apply to my City.

Weve been homogeneous or so long, were not com ortable with all the new aces.

Everybody should be able to have suited housing. Due to the economic climate not everybodycan a ort it anymore

Taxes are to high and city is not using it appropriately

this seems to be the greatest issue-relative to all the others

roads, communication, tra c

Too many unemployed person does not drive an economy

the overcrowding in the city strains its resources. also accommodating more people in the samespace leads to illegal constructions and pollution.

There is a high immigrant population, and they are out o work, turning to crime to get someincome.

Violence and crime related to drug dealing and drug usage.

In my town most o the larger employers in the area have had to downscale or close down, there-ore leaving a very large number o residents unemployed

At the time there are a lot o people unemployed. People with a higher education will move tothe bigger cities to live and work there. This means that braindrain is going to be a serious issue.With as a consequence important companies will not start here.


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My city is the rontline o war on terrorism. Nobody can understand how much we are su eringwith bomb blasts everyday kill people o all ages, without discrimination.

See my comments about the countrys unemployment troubles. These problems are eminated ithinmy city as well.

Living in the suburb, housing does not equate to the true cost o living index within the city. Tond good jobs, people have to travel in excess o 60 minutes.

I am lucky enough to live in a city without many o the in rastructure challenges elt by others.My city also refects the unemployment challenges mirrored by cities across the USA.

People in my city are unchurched and unsaved, thus they lack moral integrity.

Were in a very educated part o America and while we are blessed with the prospect o incomingcompanies to the area, that promised time is too distant to assuage the pains o the unemployed

low investment

Actually, we live in a very nice little town with not many problems. When too many houses areempty in such a small town, it a ects the community

good house prices or starters on the market

it brings up a lot o racism :(

taxes are so high ...my county is 2 in the nation....people cannot a ord to stay here and make aliving. Its a very blue collar town....not ancy at all. My house is 1500 sq eet on a property o 50x 100 and I pay $11,000 per year.

See previous answers.The city is aging rapidly

There are many industry zone in my city.

Unemplyment has skyrocketed and we need to get olks working so they can a ord housing, ood,etc.

The unemployment rate in Colorado is approx 9%. More jobs need to be created to drop theunemployment rate.

Improving race relations would bene t the city as a while in terms o improved tourism, morecivil workings within governmenT

Society is being dragged down by a larger and larger section o people who now re use to workand claim a modest bene t allowance. Entire schemes are unded by the taxpayer.

People live in ear o being kidnapped or killed. A lot o people are leaving...

lots o Zimbabwe immigrants taking others jobs

I live in a airly nice place. Not many o these problems. Some are out o work and xing thatwould li t the city and enable us to work on other issues

I think that the economy has played a big role in loss o jobs.


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because well educated people rom other cultures are not integrated and there potentials are notused.

Unemployment tends to lead to poverty and poverty leads to social degeneration

Population is growing. Forget about clean water. There is no enough water to do the basic thingslike bath & washing etc..

Limited water resources in Chennai, India. No good rain water harvesting, storage. Dependenton neighboring states or continued water supply. On the other hand, migration in to the urban-metropolitan city increases demand every passing minute.

Its turned into a police state - we have cameras at lights and vans ticketing people to createrevenue. The speeding tickets do not go on your record - purely revenue based. The govern-ment re uses to look at a city wide public transportation system because it would only help 5000people. Quote rom city council woman. I could go on and on

Too much anglo saxon infuence in topmanagement leads to neglect o responsibility towards thecommunity. Big companies have to be aware that besides pro t they have responsibility towardsemployment, environment and education. Companies choose to easy to downsize, to leave toother countries etc. A company is also stakeholder in society/community

Looking at my current city o Brussels, or sure the employment rates in Eastern Europe areleading to migration and homelessness in the West. This ollows onto crime and cultural integra-tion as secondary and tertiary issues. I eel that employment is the most signi cant issue right nowbecause it is incredibly present and in your ace.

housing prices are 4 times than wht they were 2-3 yrs back.

In small towns people are not ree to vote the par ty they dislike less. Politicians have created thepresent crisis in Spain because Saving Banks and Banks were giving esay access to credit to supporttheir riends (real state, etc). Now the tight credit is closing companies that were doing reasonablywell, creating more unemployment. Bank pro ts are soaring as in the past

Expensive house rentals

Unemployment keeps growth rom happening in many areas. It directly e ects education budgets.

People should be able to nd a decent home

Florida is in BIG trouble

Government cuts results in people being made redundant.

there is no getting away rom the underpiining problem - i.e. the economy, be it local or national.We also need to be aware o the health and well being needs o the local population, which is nothelped by high unemployment

Many middle class people cannot a ord houses, to rent or to buy, in the city.

local government is highly opportunistic And lacks longterm view ON society.

Due to high house prises people providing elementairy sevices lile health care and re preventioncan not e ort to li e in the city


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Since most o the aging population are dependent on manu acturing jobs, there are out o workand not equipped to undertake new jobs

My city is an absolute paradise: great schools, great parks and trails, environmental awareness,plenty o culture, huge percentage o people who volunteer, not-too-high crime rate and veryaccepting culture. The price to live here is high, however, and many people I know make sacri cesto live in this community. I only such wonder ul communities were more a ordable.

The children can go to school, but the current building is not very good. Although, compared to alot o schools in the world quite ok. I am happy to live in a city where this is the biggest problem(besides taking better care o the education o high intelligent children).

Cost o living is out o control. Leads to debt and unhappiness.

For many years employees at city hall just did what they did. One dept never knew what the oth-ers were doing. City counxil never got anything done because they spent hours upon hours o

meetings bickering about nonesense rather than working together as a team to get things done asa city. Such a shame. This city could be great.

Our town has been heavily a ected by the recent economic depression that our country nds it-sel in. Not having work is e ecting the health and wellbeing o the unemployed which has knockon e ect or the rest o the population

Rent is relatively high in the city.

It is a college town and the locals resent the asian students.

I live in a pretty awesome city: Ashland Oregon

The city taxes both businesses and individuals. This does not create an environment that attracts

new business to the area. This, in turn increases property taxes to ll in the gap, thus raising hous-ing prices. It also stops the creation o jobs, so the unemployment is increasing.

Because o the number o people who just can not a ord their own home. Ranging rom studentsto starters on the jobmarket.

Our working budget is lacking unds so essential services like emergency responders, public works,and education unding are severely cut. We cannot get ahead i we keep alling behind.

There is a lot o racism and hate mongering. People here are in denial that racism, bigotry anddescrimination exist and so the problem never gets addressed.

Unemployment a ects all o the other problems and eeds into everything.

Houses cannot be sold or with huge losses

This issue is acing my city, country and even the planet I live in/on. This recession began withmoney lenders over lending and getting caught out ollowed by the governments trying to bailthem out. They are a business, just like my small business, and they have had government helpor being, well, stupid and greedy. Why should my business su er because some people are greedyabout how much pro t they make?

There is a growing disparity between what people can sell their homes or in todays market andthe assessment o home values made or taxation purposes, increasing the burden o those alreadystruggling to make ends meet.


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There is a big plan to change the highway through the city. Not everyone wants that, and espe-cially environmental parties are protesting so that the actual work is delayed.

We have to many people that cannot pay bills...that leads to crime increase...and that leads to ra-cial tension. We need to ocus on getting the illegals out o the city and o er those jobs to wel arerecipients. We need to spend less money on government dependant people and get them out do-ing city clean up or a wage. When people work they eel better about themselves and provide anexample to others

Because prices are absolutely inadequate or 98% o the society, so houses are bought by the mostpriviledged people, who rent them at cutthroat prices.

Population is one o the biggest problem that India is acing today. I live in Mumbai which is geo-graphically very small city. But it is the commercial Capital o India. So people come rom all partso country or earning bread and butter or them. Due to this the population o the city is veryhigh. This has caused the increase in Rents and house prices.

I live in a city where the local public high school is the largest high school in Cali ornia. My sonattends this school. There are gang members attending this school, ghts break out daily, etc. Myson does not participate in these activities but we all know they exist rom news reports, storiesrom other people, etc. It is a huge problem in our city and the police have special tasks orces todeal with the gangs.

Whitout a good grow plan, and with no political aims to change things to better, nothing willhappengs.

First and oremost, my city is great and hardly has problems. We still have some integration issuesto solve, but to be honest, thats not that big a deal.

Our village does not seriously have these other problems, so the main thing here is the environ-

ment.

Every issue in this city has a racial component, and our government and society is very divisivelysplit over these issues. Increasingly, no shared space can be occupied because o racial grievances,past and present.

Because my city is in really good shape, except or this area (and even that isnt that high)

We need to do something. Clean.

Is really di cult to nd a good job, so there are a lot o sel employment, some o them are illegal,but the people need to make some money anyway.

Politicians look or own bene ts and not commonwealth

even a ter paying so much taxes we still not able to have clean water to drink and resh air tobreathe

Its one o the big cities in my country. Poverty remains endemic.

There is no serious problem

High unemployment leads to less tax dollars which leads to reduced services; leads to higher crimerates, etc.

unemployment leads to social problems, poverty and crime


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Little is done on integration o di erent ethnic groups o people

Torontos public transportation system is 2 generations old. This poor in rastucture is allen apart

and leading to other issues/concerns.

Torontos public transportation system is 2 generations old. This poor in rastucture is allen apartand leading to other issues/concerns.

I am ortunate, we have clean water, rent is reasonable, crime is minimal and the races get along ...industry is environmentally sensitive and people talk with each other .....

Police en orcement out o budget and resources to aith against cr ime

Its very expensive to live in here and the salaries are not as high in other cities


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OrGaNIzaTIONaL chaLLENGES

Text Responses Pro table growth is di cult in an environment where governments control HC costs

The cost o money is so high that the bank cannot increase its lending port olio, and there orepro tability is very low.

negative growth in the country / cut o salar ies / high taxation => high impact on retail business

Despite heavy investment, customers perception is di cult to change.

Achieving pro table growth is the most ser ious challenge because by succeeding it you can investon new innovative ideas, projects and attract more customers.

It is more di cult to achieve pro table growth during economic crisis

nancial crisis

With the current infation rate o our country, spiking o gasoline prices, budgets or unds becomesmaller compared to when it was budgeted a year ago. Our prices are premium compared to other vendors and there ore it is becoming more and more di cult to get big and new accounts whichin turn would translate to pro t. Our leaders are also getting old and in my opinion tired....somaybe it also a ects the overall energy o the organization as well as giving a certain degree o uncertainty as to what will happen when the leaders retire...

manager deals with unimportant things, getting in the way in someone elses job. we need to havea clear direction and help in order not to lose track - nothing else.

I we keep tight control o costs, the business will make money.

We are very much stuck in our 100-year tradition. People seem to think that since thats whatsmade us success ul, we should continue to do what weve always done. Were becoming more ir-relevant every day.

the market has changed

I work or a public library system and there is just not enough unding to keep the employeeshappy as well as und various programs

we rely on many govt subsidies-as well as other agency involvement

big, agressive competition and many doubts about uture

The overall economy is just not supporting the industry

new projects are being bagged at unrealistic prices just to keep the company going...long termpro tability is a ected. Moreover repeat orders too are becoming less pro table.

Management seems to be unable to manage the growth in a sustainable ashion.

In a very speci c market, one has to go above and beyond to nd the r ight type o leads.

There is a very bad sense o dispondancy in the Health Service, there has been many scandals &problems with budgets that have had a very detrimental e ect on sta moral & public image


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Because o the nancial crisis people are more care ull with spending their money.

The management does want to move on rom the traditional systems.

In an economy that has struggled or the past ew years, it has become ever increasingly di cultto manage and control the costs o the organization. It has become required that our costs to our customers be reduced in order to maintain the business, which places an extraordinary burden oncontrolling our internal costs to maintain pro tability.

Working or an Internet rm requires me (us) to set ourselves apart. With the vast amount o in ormation available, how do they choose our rm?

The healthcare industry has been turned upside down due to health care re orm laws. The statuso said laws due to legal battles on the state level is a cause o much concern or many providers.

Conficts abound because o my di erent ideas.

We have several competitors who have cropped up who o er the same or similar services or araction o our costs. our management chooses to turn a blind eye to this problem and when acedto con ront it use the old axiom we have better VALUE. We have other services which are soaulty that were losing the PR battle but again management turns a blind eye

lack o managment skills

I m running my own business, without personnel. The economic crisis makes it very hard to ndcustomers. This a ects directly on my income.

health care costst are increasing

The company is trying to change or years now... minor changes dont really change the mission

and vision. Although we do realize the necessary. Numbers 2 and 3 are a result o that

The health eld is acing huge problems. I eel sorry or the patients and I eel sorry or the healthcare providers. The govt is telling us how to treat people.... ..they are clueless.....politicians actinglike Doctors. I have been a nurse or 30 + years....its a disgrace what the govt and insurance hasdone to this eld. People are su ering terr ibly because o it.

The unpredictable punitive/compensatory reactions to our actions hinders organizational growth.This stems rom the global ine ciencies o making and en orcing rules.

We rarely, i ever, look or unique solutions

I think my employees is not high-educated.

I work in schools and students seem inhibited to step outside o their com ort zones so they canlearn and create.

I am currently unemployed.

My organization lacks creativity with causes us to be unable

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