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

Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives and restore our faith in the future. There is no more powerful way to initiate significant social change than to start a conversation. When a group of people discover that they share a common concern, that's when the process of change begins.

Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.

When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.

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.