“The challenges we are working on are difficult, multi-layered and urgent. There is no time to waste, and none of us will be at our best if we’re doing it alone. At a moment that needs our best, how might we stretch further in the direction of the impact we seek?”

“My call to action is a call to arms: Commit to justice as a matter of faith simply because it is the right thing to do.”

“I think what’s bigger and bolder is the idea that we have to do more – the acknowledgement not only that what we’ve been doing isn’t enough, but also that this isn’t an individual issue, it’s a policy issue.”

“Broad-based employee ownership and engagement, while difficult to execute, is wildly promising — it can lead to a radical increase in economic mobility, financial fluency, workforce stability and productivity.”

“The complexity in this is enormous, and so part of our work is to try and embrace that complexity.”

“We can change the atmosphere, we can change the world.”

“First and foremost, we have to understand that we’re going to do what we can in our lifetimes and then have to prepare the next generation to continue this work.”

“Most people in conflict, either they suffer, they attack, or they quit… and attack doesn’t always mean fight, attack can also mean fix.”

“Truthfully, there’s no engagement that you have with another human being where your heart is not present, so the question is why do we shield it? Why not show it?”

“I think it’s okay for us to recognize that we don’t always know the answers to our questions, but it’s important to ask those questions anyway.”

“We’re working on complex, long-lasting, intractable issues, and we need to understand the finite amount of time we have and the unique contributions we can make to others so that we can hand that baton off someday.”

Social impact at scale rarely happens overnight. Years of everyday decisions made by organizational leaders operating incrementally and independently reach a certain threshold — and can get stuck, often due to lack of capacity and broader insight.”

“Companies that recognize that the talent we seek lies within their workforces — that if you create the pathways for that talent to move up the ladder, those firms will have an advantage in a tight labor market.”

“When we come together, despite not being close or deeply knowing each other, we can course-correct each other by giving honest feedback… We do need a community who can keep us honest.”