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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
Business Theorist
Writer
Nothing
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Community
Isolation
Universe
Pretending
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Individuals
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We each create our world by what we choose to notice, creating a world of distinction that makes sense to us. We then 'see' the world through the self we have created.
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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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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.
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