The leader seeks to create the conditions for people to make a change happen. Leaders don’t need authority, but they must coordinate the trust, focus, and connection of people who are enrolled in a journey to do work that matters.

And the final quadrant, the most important one, is the work with high stakes and high trust. This is significant work, important work, work on the edge. This is the work that creates human value as we connect with and respect the individuals who create it.

Together, we can make something better. Something worth our time, our effort, and our imagination.

Work is the expression of our energy and our dreams. We owe those along for the journey the same dignity and connection we would like to receive in return.

What if we created the best job someone ever had?

I’m not in charge of you, and I’m not manipulating you. I’m simply establishing the conditions for you to get to where you said you wanted to go. You tell me where you’re going and what you need. You make promises about your commitment and skills development. I’ll show up to illuminate, question, answer, spar with, and challenge you. I’ll work tire

Give up your dreams and your soul, we promise each other, and you can buy some things that will give you status and satisfaction. Or at least let you forget what you gave up.

Kevin Kelly helped us understand that asking what technology wants is a useful North Star, a compass for riding with the current instead of fighting it.

I surprised myself with what I could accomplish I could work independently The team built something important People treated me with respect Nothing