I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.

Space is the basic ingredient of the universe; there is more of it than anything else.

Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abandon us. Strategies that worked suddenly don't. Groundlessness is a frightening place, at least at first, but as the old culture turns to mush, we would feel stronger if we stopped searching for ground, if we sought only to locate ourselves in the present and do our work from here.

To make a system stronger, we need to make stronger relationships.

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?'

A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.

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