Giving Compass' Take:

• Fortune magazine profiles Black Panther director Ryan Coogler (on its World's 50 Greatest Leaders list this year), and asks him about his leadership style, along with the attributes of the characters portrayed in his blockbuster superhero movie.

• The main advice: Work hard, be humble and empower others. This ethos can apply across many organizations, no matter what field you work in. Be more like T'Challa!

• Here's how we can prepare for a Wakanda-like future.

Ryan Coogler, who rose to fame directing critical darlings Fruitvale Station and Creed, is now a bonafide box office boss, thanks to the triumphant success that was Black Panther. Coogler’s contribution to the Marvel cinematic universe has brought in over $1 billion in revenue, making it the highest-grossing U.S. film ever directed by an African American.

Coogler appears at No. 17 on Fortune‘s list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders this year, an acknowledgment of the power of bringing a diverse perspective to Hollywood — and of proving that there’s a huge appetite for it. (The film is only the 33rd to break the $1 billion mark at the box office.) Coogler spoke with Fortune about his approach to leadership and how he convinces others in his industry to get behind his vision.

"I definitely try to be someone who rolls my sleeves up as much as I can. I try to be first in, last out, whenever that’s possible.

"When things go wrong, I try to accept responsibility as much as I can. When things go right, I try to divert responsibility. It’s a business that requires a lot of creativity from a lot of people. The worst thing you can do is take credit for stuff that somebody else did. It’s part of the deal as a director that you will get credit for other people’s creative choices, so you want to compensate for that as much as you can.

"Some of the things that made T’Challa [Black Panther's main character] a good leader were that he wasn’t afraid to empower the people that worked with him, and he was somebody who kind of gathers information from everybody."

Read the full article about Ryan Coogler by Valentina Zarya at Fortune.