A speaker reflects on why he sells books and talks about trust and cooperation: because companies desperately need them. He argues that real change happens when people in organizations adopt these ideas and spread them, and urges the audience to develop both intellectual skills and heart-centered abilities like empathy and asking for help.
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It's embarrassing that I have a career, right? I talk about trust and cooperation, there should be no demand for my work. But the fact that there is demand for my work means that we know that this is something people want, and we know that it's something missing in the marketplace. And so I am here, the reason I do these events is because I'm trying to change the world we live in into the one that we imagine. But I know I cannot do it alone. I can do my part. I can write the books, I can do the online posts, I can do the talks, but my work is useless without you. You're working in the companies, you have the employees, you have the people who you're following. You're building the companies, you're defining what business can look like for the next century. What I'm asking for is your help. Become students of leadership. Become a better version of yourself. Learn the human skills, not just the skills of the head, but the skills of the heart. Learn how to be there for each other, how to hold space, how to be there when somebody needs help, and how to ask for help yourself. Because if we work together— this is an army— if we work together, mark my words, we will change the world we live in today. Thank you.
