RADICAL INCLUSION

Although we spend tremendous money and energy to achieve it, control can actually become a liability because by exerting control we exclude people. And those people turn to radical inclusion organizations. Whether in business, defense, or social situations, there is a point at which gaining too much control can, surprisingly, make us weak. General Martin E. Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking military officer in the US and the principal military advisor to the President of the United States, and New York Times bestselling author Ori Brafman, who has a degree in Peace Studies from UC Berkeley, where he teaches, pair up and offer the perspectives of two people who have seen, through very different lenses, the way power is accrued, is changing rapidly, and that leaders who understand this and adapt their approach will achieve better results.

General Martin E. Dempsey served as the. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2011 until 2015. He has had a long and distinguished career in the armed services and in leadership positions. Before becoming Chief of Staff of the Army, he commanded US Army Training and Doctrine Command. In addition to his master's degree in English, he holds master's degrees in Military Art and in National Security Studies.

Ori Brafman is coauthor of The Starfish and the Spider, Click, and Sway. Brafman specializes in unique approaches to problem solving. His ideas have been implemented in diverse organizations from the U.S. military to Fortune 500 companies. Brafman teaches at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and is a Senior Fellow at the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics at Duke University. He is a graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.