Yet there is suffering aplenty . Israel bombs hospitals and bulldozes research centres ; islamists and secularists engage in an ugly skirmish for power ( hamas has not yet won at the polls ) and palestinians of all factions assassinate one another .
Instead of sharp suits and elegant circumlocutions , he favours shapeless sweaters and brutal ( expletive-laden ) frankness ; instead of patient consensus-building , he bulldozes his way through , burying corporate politics and flattening dysfunctional hierarchies as he goes .