Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion.

Exercising adaptive leadership is about giving meaning to your life beyond your own ambition.

Stay diagnostic even as you take action.

Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion.

Values are shaped and refined by rubbing against real problems, and people interpret their problems according to the values they hold.

I think that notion of leadership is bankrupt.

Yesterday's adaptations are today's routines.