Leaders‐as‐hosts know that people willingly support those things they’ve played a part
in creating—that you can’t expect people to ‘buy‐in’ to plans and projects developed
elsewhere. Leaders‐as‐hosts invest in meaningful conversations among people from
many parts of the system as the most productive way to engender new insights and
possibilities for action. They trust that people are willing to contribute, and that most
people yearn to find meaning and possibility in their lives and work. And these leaders
know that hosting others is the only way to get complex, intractable problems solved.