S03E01: The Power to Be Episode

Check-In:

• What's better, love or money? Which has more power, love or money? What's more powerful, love or money? 

Big Ideas:

• Money as a substitution for time
• Infatuation can be a very powerful motivator. 
• Differentiation between moments of happiness and love
• Putting love into leadership 
• People going back to work just to see the people
• Power and the complexity of human relationships 
• Power has a negative connotation
• Having power is a privilege
• Your relationship to power can hold you back, especially if you think of it as negative
• Power over, power to, power with (Brené Brown)
• When power is used to "control you" may give you a negative view of power
• 4 Elements of Power as per Ted Jenkins
  • Power of position
  • Power of expertise
  • Power of connections
  • Power of personal authority
• 6 Elements of Power as per French and Raven (1960's source)
  • Formal Power
  • Power of Consequence (power of sanction and reward)
  • The other 4 are the same as above
• Women use their power of expertise almost to a fault
• Extroversion and Introversion are not scientifically backed
• Power of position/legitimacy is given - we agree to give others that power
• Can one have power of position without any of the other powers?
• Is "authority" the right word? Confusion of power and authority
• Is authority, really about charisma?
• Personal authority and the relationship with trust
• Information brokers - knowledge power
• Information is not the same as expertise
• Connection between money and power
• Politicians starting with personal authority, which leads to connections, and then to position
• What are we gaining by giving people power over us?
• Power over you is like being in a prison
• Grow our own sense of power, and continue to have choice
• Societal and group power
• Systems changing from outside, not from inside
• Is power of personal authority, connection, and expertise enough when the power of position is so strong? 

Resources:

• Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman
• Love as a Business Strategy, by Frank E. Danna and Mohammad F. Anwar
• The Work Lab, by Microsoft
• How Women Rise, by Sally Helgeson and Marshall Rosenberg
• Rising Together, by Sally Helgesen

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