Power U 74: Closing the Power Accountability Gap

#PowerU 74 - We are continuing on with a little mini series I like to call “everything you need to know about power you learned from the 2026 Men’s World Cup”. One of the things I hear most often when I talk about power is that people are either scared of it or resentful of it, or both. Both reactions come from the same place: the accountability gap. When people avoid power, its often because they don’t want to take on the responsibility that comes with it especially when the responsibilities feel disproportionate to what’s on offer. When people resent power, they’re watching someone operate with impunity. Both are rational responses to the same irrational system. Power literacy is partly about giving you a framework to diagnose the gap between the power someone holds and the accountability they carry for it. So you can name it, map it, and figure out what to do about it. Rather than just feeling the violation. Episode 74 closes the World Cup loop on positional and coercive power — and sets up what’s coming next. Which is a surprise! Can’t wait to share that with you in episode 75. #PowerU #PowerLiteracy #Leadership #SystemsChange