People with power get to influence which ideas shape the world. Most often they power the ideas of others who look like them, and the cycle continues. As long as women of color are not given the agency to shine, they face an uphill struggle to succeed. Can power ever be fully shared—not competed for—so that each person in the workplace regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and immigration status has the opportunity to be deemed powerful? I turned to Nilofer Merchant, author of The Power of Onlyness, for an answer.
