05/14/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ is a film producer, writer, and movie critic. She brought an artist's perspective that most leadership conversations don't include.
She started with a confession creative leaders avoid:
"๐ผ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ. ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐."
Then she dropped the principle:
"๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ. ๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐จ๐จ."
But here's what made her contribution different from every other speaker that night:
She didn't tell leaders to give up control. She told them their vision was incomplete without others.
She said;
"๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ก. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐."
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
Most leadership content positions delegation as a sacrifice โ you give up control of YOUR work. Lonita positioned it as completion โ the work isn't fully alive until others bring themselves to it.
She closed with a callback to a metaphor from the book โ the leader as sculptor:
"That is what we are doing for our colleagues, our co-creatives. Saying 'Come on in and build this masterpiece with me.' And you refine the material together."
The leader's job isn't to own the masterpiece.
It's to invite the co-creators in.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ is currently available on Amazon.
Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972782002