Person

Timothy Garton Ash

Witness-historian of 1989's Central European revolutions and the improvisation of post-authoritarian politics.

Why this matters

Garton Ash captures leadership as timing—authority that arrives when the old story fails in public.

book

Garton Ash, Timothy. *The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague*. New York: Random House, 1990.

Book

What Enduring Influence Leaves Behind

What kind of leadership increases the capacity of others to act, care, organize, and lead beyond the originating person.