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

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.

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?'

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.

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

This is a world of process, not a world of things.

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions