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Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
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When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
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Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.
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We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships.
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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.
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Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
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Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others
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Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity of their structure is maintained. It is a natural process which supports the quest for structure, process renewal and integrity.
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This is a world of process, not a world of things.
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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Space is the basic ingredient of the universe there is more of it than anything else.
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One of the easiest human acts is also the most healing. Listening to someone. Simply listening. Not advising or coaching, but silently and fully listening.
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I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences
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we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's new. Great ideas and inventions miraculously appear in the space of not knowing.
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All social change begins with a conversation.
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