5 Leadership Lessons from ‘The Wire’

The focus of the “The Wire” was largely the drug trade and all that comes with running a narcotics empire, but it has some crucial lessons for all leaders.

 
Twenty years ago this month, television viewers got an intimate look at the drug wars and pervasive hardships of Baltimore.

David Simon, a former police reporter for the Baltimore Sun, and Ed Burns, a former city homicide detective and school teacher, wrote a fictitious story with great authenticity based on their real-life experiences. Their intimate knowledge made the “The Wire’s” characters all the more compelling and allowed viewers to access a world they likely didn’t know about prior.

The focus of the show was largely the drug trade and all that comes with running a narcotics empire in the U.S., and each of the kingpins had a different approach to business, with varying levels of success. By the time the series was finished, it was widely considered one of the greatest in American TV history.

Two decades later, “The Wire” remains just as relevant and has five crucial lessons for us as leaders.

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