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I’ll bite. First, what is successful governance?
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Get over it…for the most part
it’s all survival
and
‘seek pleasure, avoid pain’
however you wish to grandize the variations to make it seem ‘noble’.
Millions of years have passed since the first Australopithecus afarensis guarded his tree and today’s homonid leaders like Bush and Blair and
Kim Jong are still pissing on rocks to mark our territory.
But there is a segment of the herd evolving, and this is true wisdom based on ‘action’ not the linguistic musical chairs of the apes in the
groves of academe
…http://lmajors.freeservers.com/You.html
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Ok Cezar, your definition of good governance seems to be maintenance of order and rule of law.
That wouldn’t be my definition (an orderly state may destroy itself in war), but moving on…
Lovetotalk makes a good point.
In Taiwan, presidential advisors and other high government officials are often appointed according to two criteria:
1-Business acumen
2-Academic excellence
It would be interesting to know who is more successful, the academics or the businessmen.
I don’t know of any clear way of determining this, though.
The only thing I am really sure of is that proficiency with the violin is not a factor 
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What?