Power is unavoidable in leadership. Stewardship determines what you do with it. In an AI-accelerated world, power no longer looks only like title or authority. It shows up as access to information, control over tools, influence on decisions, and the ability to set pace. Leaders may not feel powerful, but the system experiences them as such. And that makes how  power is held far more important than how much of it exists. Power Has Changed—Responsibility Hasn’t AI has compresse