<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Democratizing leadership means using disruption... > Democratizing leadership means using disruption and community to transfer practical capability from a small class of gatekeepers into the hands of people prepared to create, teach, organize, and lead. Access is the opening; leadership is complete only when recipients can reproduce the capability in others. Democratization succeeds when capability can continue moving without permanent dependence on the first distributor. **Source:** [[livestreams/Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Workbook|Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Democratizing leadership means using disruption and community to transfer practical capability from a small class of gatekeepers into the hands of people prepared to create, teach, organize, and lead. Access is the opening; leadership is complete only when recipients can reproduce the capability in others. Democratization succeeds when capability can continue moving without permanent dependence on the first distributor.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-democratizing-leadership-means-dependence-first-distributor ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->