But he demonstrates that the viable organization of the future will grow in partnership with employees and communities, not at their expense. Leaders must answer skeptics with real examples, not with homilies. There are thousands of them. We owe it to them to articulate real live examples of principled effective leaders, who do behave and demonstrate that their people are their companies' greatest asset. We also have to be clear about our own principles and values, grounded in everyday practice.
Young people reflect a society, a world, that is hungry for heroes.
We need to look with new eyes and identify for ourselves the heroes around us. Today's heroes move beyond the walls of their enterprise and help build a better world. They provide an alternative to today's sober realities. They hold a vision before us, a vision beyond what is, to what is possible. By the time we finished our conversation the auditorium had emptied.