•  
  •  
 

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Abstract

[Technician asks Peter if he needs technology.] I don't need any of that, no. No power and no point; I'm a free man. [Laughter.] Anyway, thank you. I like being here, I chose to come like you did, and so it's an honor for me to be here. I have great respect for you, Larry [looking over to Larry Spears]; somehow you've managed to advance things and bring an idea into the world without commercializing it. And in this modern day that's quite a miracle. Most of the ideas, once they get commercialized, lose their substance. They lose their meaning. I always felt that once an idea gets popular it's not useful anymore because then everybody markets it, they change their old binder cover, and whatever was new in the idea is co-opted and lost. So when an idea becomes popular, I have to let go of it and move on to something else. But you've held on to the spirit of servant-leadership, you've kept it vague and undefinable, which I think is a great strategic advantage. People can come every year to figure out what the hell this is, and by not answering, they're forced to come the next year. So it's both a clever marketing strategy and a stance in support of the spirit of it rather than the substance of it. [Laughter.] So thank you for what you've created.

Download

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.