If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.

...the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to feelings, to conflict, to the prism of human experience.

We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talents to question and confront the culture.

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.

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

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

If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.