Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

We need to move from the leader as hero, to the leader as host.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's new. Great ideas and inventions miraculously appear in the space of not knowing.

A leader these days needs to be a host - one who convenes diversity; who convenes all viewpoints in creative processes where our mutual intelligence can come forth.

Organizations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control.