We the Leader: Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation

CHAPTER 2

The Road from Anarchy to Monarchy to Hierarchy to Panarchy

The better we understand how identities and power work together from one context to another, the less likely our movements for change are to fracture.

—KIMBERLE WILLIAMS CRENSHAWAmerican activist

The world is changing—fast, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasingly, with the complexity of the Digital Age, even within hierarchical structures, getting work done or completing a successful project requires cross-functional teams of leaders from across the organization—IT, Marketing, Sales, HR, Legal, Design, and so on. (In Chapter 9, “The Equalizer,” I discuss in detail the concept of an organization as a community of leader–followers.) Often this shift is felt, but ...