Name: The one question every aspiring leader needs to ask
Uploaded: 2023-01-23T15:57:21Z
Duration: 6 min 9 s
Description: What does inclusive leadership look like? Artist and TED Fellow Constance Hockaday shares how the captain of a trans-Atlantic community raft taught her how to voice her hopes and desires, inspiring a vision of possibility for the future. Hockaday calls for mentors everywhere to step up and invites aspiring leaders to answer one crucial question in order to unlock their agency and power.

What does inclusive leadership look like? Artist and TED Fellow Constance Hockaday shares how the captain of a trans-Atlantic community raft taught her how to voice her hopes and desires, inspiring a vision of possibility for the future. Hockaday calls for mentors everywhere to step up and invites aspiring leaders to answer one crucial question in order to unlock their agency and power.

The one question every aspiring leader needs to ask

True leadership is not about imitating old, inherited postures of authority, but about daring to voice what one really wants. Inspired by a group who built rafts and sailed across the ocean, a practice emerged: ask what you would do if you might die tomorrow, then say it out loud. Many struggle to believe they have agency over their lives, yet practicing this question daily grows both vision and self-belief. Inclusive leadership thrives when leaders model agency and listen deeply, inviting others into new possibilities.