1. The document discusses the concept of power and response-ability in the workplace. It argues that people are powerful and make systems work through their human response-ability. 2. It claims that treating people as objects reduces human power and leads to ineffective systems. Respecting the human side of systems releases more human power to support the system and its purpose. 3. The document advocates for balancing purpose fulfillment, relationship management, and knowledge building ("work, play, and learn") to improve organizational success and individual satisfaction. Treating people as people, rather than objects, allows their power and creativity to flourish.

1. Power and response-ability – a ‘manifesto’ for the workplace Tom Graves Tetradian Consulting (www.tetradian.com) © Tetradian 2002 / 2009 the futures of business

2. Part 1: Systems

10. Part 2: Economy and the ‘bottom line’

18. Part 3: Stakeholders and corporate culture

27. Part 4: Purpose and quality

34. Part 5: Knowledge

49. Part 6: Work-relationships

55. Part 7: Power and response-ability

66. Part 8: Human forms of power

74. Part 9: Power in the work-environment

81. Part 10: Sources of power

86. Part 11: Mistakes about power

93. Part 11: Power-addictions, winners and losers

99. Part 12: Scope of power-issues

103. Part 13: Conclusions and actions

111. For further details on how these themes play out in the workplace, see the book Power and Response-ability - the human side of systems Tom Graves (Tetradian Books, 2008) More information, sample chapters and reference-sheet of this ‘manifesto’ at http://tetradianbooks.com/2008/07/hss/