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There is no going back. It bears repeating that we will never be less transparent, will never have less information, and will never be less connected than we are today.

Power in a world of HOW is not power over something, but power through something, like a network, or a synapse, or a circuit; a power that connects, not a power that commands.

What if humankind’s greatest strength is not the size of our muscles but our seemingly irrational embrace of connection and cooperation – our ability to form societies of like-minded individuals.

…values are not a mechanism or device that approximates what is important or mediates between us and what is important; it connects us to it directly. Values play to our strengths as humans.

An apology in the context of business demonstrates how much of our current success is tied to our ability to be actively transparent with those to whom we are connected.

When people are connected – when they can share notes and communicate horizontally among themselves – the ability to spin and manipulate information disappears.

Values. Continuity. Reputation. To thrive in our transparent, connected world, we need to shift our thinking from managing reputation to earning it.

…language has the power to contain or inspire, and the language you adopt and employ either locks you in rigid relationships or frees you to new possibilities of connection.

If we literally put enough energy into the insight or idea, it will become a part of who we are. It’s an attention economy in our brains, at a million connections per second.

…being self-directed is the only way we learn, think, invent, create, solve problems, visualize, rethink, re-engineer – you name it, it all happens within a process of making our own connections.