CHAPTER THREE
THE RELATIONSHIP TRUTHS
Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.
 
MARGARET WHEATLEY, Leadership and the New Science
 
 
 
Spider webs are both the strongest and the most fragile structures in the world. Pound for pound, spider webs are stronger than steel, yet they can stretch to nearly 40 percent of their length. They can also break with just the touch of a finger.
The construction of spider webs was an apt metaphor for relationships long before the World Wide Web became our new medium for meeting and greeting. Relationships can be resilient ...

Get Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.