There are actually three base currencies that the human mind recognizes, and which can all transform back and forth freely: physical resource (i.e. money), unbalanced information (i.e. power) and trust (i.e. faith, connections). Usually, forcibly discharging yourself of physical resources (e.g. giving away money) will create a little trust, but giving away information will create tons. If you can get the organization to put its faith in you, you don't need to worry about having power over it.

Of course, sociopaths don't trust, and many organizations (ala The Corporation[1]) are sociopaths. You could avoid working with these organizations, or, if you think you're up to it, you could slowly work to introduce a culture of trust to replace the existing culture of power. You would, however, be seen as "toxic" by anyone who had not yet been transformed[2]. It would be a bit like a normal body cell lodging in a tumor and growing a body out of it. This might be a big jump out of an HN context, but this is basically the premise of the manga/anime series "Great Teacher Onizuka"[3]—the sociopathic organization transformed therein is a school.

[1]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3203253804055041031

[2]: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/06/21/a_toxic_par...

[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Teacher_Onizuka