PowerU 59 - Reaching for the Moon

Four people are currently farther from Earth than any humans have ever been. 🌕 What does that have to do with power? Welcome to Power U #59. One of the things I keep thinking about when I see news about Artemis II: when humans first went to the moon, it wasn’t made possible by technology that already existed. The goal came first. Someone decided the story “we can’t, this is impossible” wasn’t actually true — and the technology got invented to catch up with belief in the possible. That’s a meta-narrative getting cracked open in real time. 🔓 Meta-narratives are the stories a society tells itself about what’s possible. They don’t announce themselves as power moves. They show up swaddled in phrases like: “it’s just common sense.” “We can’t afford it.” “It’s too complicated.” “That’s just how it works.” And the people most invested in keeping those stories intact? Almost always the people with the most to lose if they change. What we might call “incumbent power” in any given system. What does this tell us about what we can learn about observing power by observing narrative? 👇 #PowerU unpacks that for you — and what you can do about it. And once you’re done watching, ask yourself: who is most invested in the meta-narrative defining what’s possible and “impossible” on the issues you’re working on? #PowerU #PowerLiteracy #Leadership #SystemsChange