How you respond to a situation like this—a challenge, a new situation, something that bothers you—depends very much on who you are, what you care about, and why.

Today, networks offer a new way to get things done. Any collection of people can pursue ideas together without organizational authority or hierarchies.* When value creation is institutional and hierarchical, the vast majority of people are treated as cogs, dispensable and replaceable. But when value creation is networked, the distinct ideas, judgme

For your idea to even have a chance, you have to give it room to grow.

onlyness: a different point of view grounded in one’s history and experience, visions, and hopes.

“What do I do that adds remarkable, measurable, distinguished, distinctive value?”

“By enabling many kids, there are enough people like you joining alongside you, thus changing the culture.”

But it’s worth remembering that she started this work about seven years ago, when almost no one thought it was an especially viable idea. Since then, Marie Claire, Oprah Winfrey, and even President Obama’s White House have “discovered” her, and the reason most of us think her timing is perfect is because Kim and others like her had the foresight to

first, by being willing to be foolish; second, by acting without evidence that he would succeed; and third, by enlisting help from some crucial new allies.

I’ve been following your work and I have an idea for how we can create value together and get something done.