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Hopefulness only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful.
—Paul Hawken, commencement address, 2009
What is it like when our world is disrupted? How did autoworkers feel, not just losing their jobs, but losing a way of life that shaped their lives, their children’s lives, their community’s lives? We can easily say, “Serves them right for making an inferior product,” in the abstract. I dare any of us to say it to a grieving member of the industry, someone who sees his or her work contributing to society.
Welcoming disturbance can move us from the pain of change to its possibilities.
How do we find potential ...
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