I have interests across a broad range of fields but do not consider myself to be an authority in any area.

Listening, sharing opinions, making suggestions, dwelling on what others say on particular subjects, and at the end of it all looking at the way people have worked together on the issues has been and continues to be my practice.

Shared contribution is the optimal way of progressing on matters under consideration. In that way, everybody is a part of the process.

To introduce levels and degrees of importance of people dealing with matters is presumptive and somewhat artificial. That can give people airs and graces, self-defeating of groupship.

That is not the way I operate. I make decisions and have done so all my life – but not from any elevated pedestal.