The Steps Needed To Empower the Powerless | Julie Battilana PhD

<p>Personality or wealth are often assumed to be prerequisites to gaining power, something that is only garnered by having control over others. An organization chart in a company, however, does not illustrate who has power within the workplace, it only tells you who has authority. And as we learn in this episode, authority and power are not the same.</p> <p> </p> <p>By using workplace illustrations from the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom to a cigarette factory in France, Julie Battilana walks us through the precise definitions of power and authority. By understanding exactly what power is and how it really works, Julie breaks down the critical steps to successfully acquiring power and using it to disrupt hierarchies; by innovating, agitating and orchestrating. </p> <p> </p> <p>Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty chair of the <a href='http://sici.hks.harvard.edu/'>Social Innovation and Change Initiative</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>We value support from our listeners through our Patreon page: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves'>https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves</a>. If donating isn’t an option for you, don’t worry, you can’t write us a podcast review on your podcast player which will help other listeners find our show. Thank you.</p> <p> </p> <p>© 2022  Behavioral Grooves</p> <p> </p> Topics <p> </p> <p>(3:32) Welcome and speed round questions.</p> <p>(7:29) Power and authority are NOT the same.</p> <p>(11:59) Who are the most effective change makers?</p> <p>(14:37) Power is having an influence over others but is also a freedom from the influence of others.</p> <p>(16:15) How can we choose the right leaders?</p> <p>(20:18) Empowering the powerless.</p> <p>(25:57) The power of collectivism.</p> <p>(30:17) Abuse of power by Putin.</p> <p>(36:02) How tech