Includes bibliographical references and index.

[pt. 1]. Opening : ancient Thera, modern teacher -- [pt. 2]. Organizing : there is a simpler way -- The new story is ours to tell -- The irresistible future of organizing -- The promise and paradox of community -- Relying on human goodness -- The best in art and life -- [pt. 3]. Leadership : we make the road by walking -- Goodbye, command and control -- Relying on everyone's creativity -- Bringing life to organizational change -- Working with life's dynamics in school systems -- When change is out of our control -- Leadership in turbulent times is spiritual -- The true professional -- [pt. 4]. Obstacles : where the road gets hard -- The real work of knowledge management -- The uses and abuses of measurement -- Name, connect, nourish, illuminate -- Transforming aggression into creativity-- Seven hundred years to go -- [pt. 5]. Personal : attending to our footsteps -- Living our interconnectedness -- Willing to be disturbed -- Reclaiming time to think -- Listening -- Raising our children -- Ending our silence -- Everything has a deep dream -- [pt. 6]. My own footsteps -- Consumed by either fire or fire -- Maybe you will be the ones -- America's dark night -- Beyond hope or fear -- Dreaming world -- A parting blessing.