The opposite of domination is not simply inclusion. The opposite of domination is curiosity. For years, I have advocated for "power-with" models over "power-over." But true "power-with" requires more than just opening the door or expanding the table. It requires surrendering our ownership of the room. Curiosity requires a profound laying down of arms. When a leader replaces certainty with curiosity, they are no longer managing the environment to maintain their own comfort. They are actively inviting the friction of reality. This requires somatic courage. It takes deep internal regulation to look across a table—or across a divided society—and genuinely ask, "What am I missing?" It requires an immense capacity to tolerate the physical discomfort of being wrong, or incomplete, in front of others. When we are curious, we strip away the armor of our moral and intellectual ...