When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

It is time to stop waiting for someone to save us. It is time to face the truth of our situation - that we're all in this together, that we all have a voice - and figure out how to mobilize the hearts and minds of everyone in our workplaces and communities.

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

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.

Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships.

We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.

Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.