Adam Kahane: Power and love: the theory and practice...
The two methods most frequently employed to solve our toughest social problems - relying on violence and aggression, or submitting to endless negotiation and compromise - are fundamentally flawed. This is because the seemingly contradictory drives behind these approaches - power, the desire to achieve one’s purpose, and love, the urge to unite with others - are actually complementary. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. put it, “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love
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