<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Cooperative leadership reaches maturity when the... > Cooperative leadership reaches maturity when the community can reproduce the conditions of opportunity for itself. Power has been truly released when contribution creates new contributors, leadership creates new leaders, and the network no longer depends on one person's constant permission to grow. **Source:** [[livestreams/Releasing Power Through Cooperative Leadership - Workbook|Releasing Power Through Cooperative Leadership]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Cooperative leadership reaches maturity when the community can reproduce the conditions of opportunity for itself. Power has been truly released when contribution creates new contributors, leadership creates new leaders, and the network no longer depends on one person's constant permission to grow.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cooperative-leadership-reaches-constant-permission-grow ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->