Sometimes, we’re so focused on spinning the cog that is our work... so committed to a practice, that we can forget about the importance of engagement.

That, a disconnected spinning cog just spins.

And we can make that cog spin as fast as we’d like, for as long as we’d like. But by itself, it accomplishes little.

However, when we’re intentional about engagement — when we consciously connect our work to the right people and organizations — then our work can be the driver for change. It can become the heart of a mechanism. Something bigger than what we can accomplish by ourselves.

It doesn’t require more effort — just the right connection.