Working this week with the fishing networks in Northeast California and Canada. It is amazing what kind of complexity and wicked problems these passionate and bright people have to deal with.

Not the least of which are the often fragile communities that have the least power in the influence networks dominated by big everything: big government, big lobbyists, big business and sometimes big science.

How do we give voice to the small communities most impacted by big? How they can leverage influence in the networks that influence the decision makers and players who hold power over the destinies of their economics and ecosystems? How can leaders be stewards to their engagement?