{"id":6966,"date":"2018-06-25T07:27:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=6966"},"modified":"2018-06-25T07:28:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:28:54","slug":"the-courage-to-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=6966","title":{"rendered":"The Courage to Change the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fullBleedHeaderContent\">\n<header class=\"styles-headerVerticalFullBleed--2ZLop styles-alignRight--3Qh8V css-1pj3q0v euqekn30\">\n<div class=\"styles-storyMeta--1LTXH styles-transparentBackground--2yti5\">\n<div class=\"styles-headingTextContainer--3TL8F\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"Story-toneFeature--2B2Rl\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6898\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6898\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download.png?fit=240%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,210\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download.png?fit=240%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download.png?fit=240%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6898 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Call them what you will: change makers, innovators, thought leaders, visionaries.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">In ways large and small, they fight. They disrupt. They take risks. They push boundaries to change the way we see the world, or live in it. Some create new enterprises, while others develop their groundbreaking ideas within an existing one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">From\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Archimedes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archimedes<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/zeppelin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeppelin<\/a>, the accomplishments of great visionaries over the centuries have filled history books. More currently, from Jeff Bezos of Amazon to Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, they are the objects of endless media fascination \u2014 and increasingly intense public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Although centuries stretch between them, experts who have studied the nature of innovators across all areas of expertise largely agree that they have important attributes in common, from innovative thinking to an ability to build trust among those who follow them to utter confidence and a stubborn devotion to their dream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1yeziki\">\n<div class=\"css-nfnnd5 styles-embeddedInteractive--2frSu styles-sizeMediumInteractive--3izvz\" data-id=\"100000005919256\" data-slug=\"27vis-promo\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Despite the shared characteristics with their predecessors, however, today\u2019s innovators face their own set of challenges. The world around them is changing at warp speed and they need to be able to move with it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-id=\"100000005919256\" data-slug=\"27vis-promo\"><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"100000005919256\" data-slug=\"27vis-promo\"><strong>Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/24\/us\/visionaries-change-the-world.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">To be a change maker has always required intensity. \u201cPeople who have great intensity, often set aside other things,\u201d said Alice Eagly, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University and co-author of \u201c<\/span><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Through-Labyrinth-Become-Leaders-Leadership\/dp\/1422116913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Through the Labyrinth: The Truth about How Women Become Leaders<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">.\u201d \u201cRelatively few people make the kind of choices that propel them to rise in most fields, where they give themselves extensively to the work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_6971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6971\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6971\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6971\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6971\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?fit=500%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,302\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Simon+Sinek\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Simon Sinek, photo courtesy of web site, Startwithwhy.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?fit=500%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-6971 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SimonSinek.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Sinek, photo courtesy of web site, Startwithwhy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">And then there\u2019s courage. \u201cWhen people talk about innovators and leaders, you usually get words like vision and charisma,\u201d said<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/startwithwhy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>Simon Sinek, author of\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others\/dp\/1591848016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLeaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don\u2019t<\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\"><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others\/dp\/1591848016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others\/dp\/1591848016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cThe one characteristic that I\u2019m very comfortable saying that all remarkable leaders in big business, small business, not-for-profit, military, government and the arts, have to have is courage,\u201d Mr. Sinek said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cThese people are driven by some cause that compels them to find the courage and take certain risks and work damn hard at it,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes the choice is lonely, which is another reason it takes courage. You have to have the courage to do the right thing. Elon Musk is the perfect example of someone with tremendous courage and conviction. He invested nearly everything he had in SpaceX and Tesla.\u201d<span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1afaoz0\">Image<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">At his aeronautics company SpaceX, for instance, Mr. Musk directs the development and manufacturing of advanced rockets and spacecraft with the aim of creating a self-sustaining city on Mars. \u201cI want to contribute as much as possible to humanity becoming a multiplanet species,\u201d Mr. Musk said in a recent\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/23\/business\/dealbook\/tesla-elon-musk-pay.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=Business%20Day&amp;module=RelatedCoverage&amp;region=EndOfArticle&amp;pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0in The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cHe has a devotion to a vision that very few people do,\u201d Mr. Sinek said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6969\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6969\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6969\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6969\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6969\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Hunter Rudd&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1490960003&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2013 \\u00a9 Rudd Photography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanyin Siang\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanyin Siang, Photo courtesy of Ms. Siang&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6969\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sanyin-Siang-pic.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanyin Siang, Photo courtesy of Ms. Siang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Unlike the ground their predecessors trod, \u201cthere\u2019s more uncertainty, more ambiguity for these visionaries,\u201d said Sanyin Siang, executive director of the\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/centers.fuqua.duke.edu\/cole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuqua\/Coach K. Center on Leadership &amp; Ethics at Duke University<\/a>, co-founded by the Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who this season achieved the\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2018-03-17\/mike-krzyzewski-passes-pat-summitt-most-wins-ncaa-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most wins by a basketball coach in N.C.A.A. history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cThings aren\u2019t linear anymore. We are living in an ecosystem world. It is more complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">As the context of leadership has changed, so must our definitions and expectations of leaders. \u201cIn an environment of constant change, rapid technological advances, social and demographic diversity, leaders can no longer rely on the toolbox of the past,\u201d said Nanette M. Blandin, a leadership scholar and president of the\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenexusinstitute.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nexus Institute<\/a>, based in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1yeziki\">\n<div class=\"css-nfnnd5 styles-embeddedInteractive--2frSu styles-sizeMediumInteractive--3izvz\" data-id=\"100000005913059\" data-slug=\"27visbox-web\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u201cThe mechanical model of organizations in the past has produced hierarchies, static positions and rigid organizational charts, and has produced leaders who, however charismatic they may be, rule from the top and rule unequivocally. They control and direct and others follow. That model doesn\u2019t really work anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">The emerging game-changers appreciate that creating fundamental change is a process, a marathon, not a sprint, and they are comfortable operating at the edge of chaos and ambiguity. They also have an ability to ask questions, rather than feeling they must know the answers and to think in nonlinear and nonbinary ways, according to Ms. Blandin. These attributes stand in stark contrast to the attributes typically associated with strong leaders in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">They must also be tough enough to bear up under intense public scrutiny on social media and to withstand or adhere to an underlying peer pressure for social do-gooderism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Travis Kalanick, 41, founder of the ride-share app, Uber, introduced a pioneering concept, but was unable to navigate a sequence of scandals surrounding a macho company culture and allegations of sexual harassment that presumably stemmed from his leadership style, forcing him to resign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">And time will tell how well Mr. Zuckerberg, 34, who founded Facebook in his college dorm room, will withstand the hot seat that has resulted from revelations that the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica gathered data of millions of the social network\u2019s users and might have influenced the 2016 election. It has brought the question of Mr. Zuckerberg\u2019s societal stewardship front and center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Acting as a guardian for not only people but also the planet is a concern that\u2019s inextricably woven into the fabric of this new generation of leaders. It\u2019s nonnegotiable. \u201cThey are deeply aware of the context in which their organization is operating, and it is beyond the marketplace \u2014 politics, globally, society. It\u2019s a long game and one where doing good is good business,\u201d Ms. Siang said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">In the past, leaders had to think almost exclusively about what was good for their organization. \u201cToday, they also have to bear the responsibility of societal stewardship.\u201d Ms. Siang said. \u201cThe society has ramifications for what is happening in our organization, and our organization has ramifications for what is happening in society. There is this interdependence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-4-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-4-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The duty associated with leading in a new direction now is \u201cthat obligation to inspire people to do something that\u2019s right,\u201d said Sandra J. Peart, dean of the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/jepson.richmond.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jepson School of Leadership Studies<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0at the University of Richmond in Virginia. \u201cThere\u2019s a social obligation for those taking on positions of leadership.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Today\u2019s up-and-coming visionaries openly \u201chave a sense of purpose built around doing well by doing good,\u201d said<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/jason-jennings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>Jason Jennings, a leadership expert and author of eight books including \u201c<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reinventors-Extraordinary-Companies-Radical-Continuous\/dp\/1591844231\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1411423034&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+reinventors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Reinventors<\/a>: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6970\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6970\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6970\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?attachment_id=6970\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pink.jpeg?fit=194%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"194,259\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pink\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pink.jpeg?fit=194%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pink.jpeg?fit=194%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-6970 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryhannon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pink.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Pink, Photo courtesy of Mr. Pink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">The new front-runners are an amalgamation of yin and yang. \u201cThey have an interesting mix of humility and confidence,\u201d said\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danpink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Pink<\/a>, author of\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing\/dp\/0735210624\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWhen: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing<\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 ehxkw330\"><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing\/dp\/0735210624\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/em><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing\/dp\/0735210624\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThey are humble, but not too humble. Confident, but not too confident. The very best strike that balance between humility and confidence. They understand that they don\u2019t have all the answers, but they are confident enough to take risks and assert themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Those who become successful leaders today also must deliver a sense of \u201cpsychological safety\u201d to those who follow them, Mr. Pink said. They create an environment \u201cwhere people are safe to express themselves, to take risks, safe to be who they really are \u2014 whether it\u2019s a business, museum, dance troupe, whether it\u2019s a high school newspaper. That quality gives people the freedom to connect and innovate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of \u201cHamilton,\u201d re-envisioned the Broadway musical to tell a slice of American history via his passion for rapid-fire hip-hop lyrics, a language that bridges generations. It took Mr. Miranda seven years after reading Ron Chernow\u2019s biography \u201cAlexander Hamilton\u201d to bring his masterpiece to Broadway. And for a year, Mr. Miranda starred in his creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">For today\u2019s influencers, what\u2019s different is that, like Mr. Miranda, \u201cyou have to continually show motivation yourself,\u201d Ms. Siang said. \u201cYour followers have to see it in you on a day-to-day basis. You have to demonstrate an emotional investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-14jsv4e\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-5-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-flexFrame--1PVri ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-5-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">In fact, they might take a page from the playbook of Mr. Krzyzewski, 71. \u201cNext play\u201d is his mantra.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cWhether it is a success, or a failure, it is next play,\u201d Ms. Siang said. \u201cWhat Coach K. means by that is, don\u2019t rest on your laurels, but also don\u2019t be dragged down by your failures. Learn from both of them. Keep going forward, keep learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Sounds like the perfect prep for the next swell of change makers poised to mastermind a world that is moving like greased lightning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-of-article\">\n<div class=\"css-a7wxe6\"><strong>By<a href=\"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\">\u00a0<span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Kerry Hannon<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-ezqtdp e17092zo0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-3glrhn\">A version of this article appears in print on\u00a0<time class=\"css-10rvbm3\" datetime=\"2018-05-27T04:00:00.000Z\">May 27, 2018<\/time>, on Page\u00a0F2\u00a0of the New York edition\u00a0with the headline:\u00a0The Courage to Change the World.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytreprints.com\/\">Order Reprints<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/pages\/todayspaper\/index.html\">Today\u2019s Paper<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscriptions\/Multiproduct\/lp8HYKU.html?campaignId=48JQY\">Subscribe<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"styles-shareMenu--1b_Ur styles-bottom--3sNUl\" role=\"toolbar\" aria-label=\"Social Media Share buttons, Save button, and Comments Panel with current comment count\" data-testid=\"share-tools\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Recirculation-recirculation--2BQm-\" data-testid=\"recirculation\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"small\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The Courage to Change the World\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call them what you will: change makers, innovators, thought leaders, visionaries. 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