Why is it that trust in leadership and the success of leaders seem to erode as we develop and refine more sophisticated models for leading, such as emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, and adaptive leadership Mila Baker believes that most of today's leadership theories are old wines in new skins and still rely on the leader - follower hierarchy. Yet the idea of hierarchy is breaking down everywhere in society, from politics to religion to social relationships - and most particularly in computers and networking. Why should leadership be any different Baker's inspiration is the peer - to - peer model of computing, which is also mirrored in social networking and crowdsource technologies. Baker shows that a network with ''equipotent'' nodes of power - think peer leaders - is infinitely more powerful than a ''client - server'' i.e., leader - follower network. Yet the typical organizational design still harkens back to the days of punch - card computers. By creating organizat