Structure influences behavior. Design spaces that make you feel "you are welcome here and that you came to the right place."

Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.

Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist.

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.

The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions that we engage them in.