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We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Nothing
Interdependence
Entity
Isolated
Exists
Independent
Universe
Science

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As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to appreciate wholeness, and to design organizations that honor and make use of the totality of who we are.
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.
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For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions
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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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Surrendering to life offers some wonderful realizations. We learn we're capable of being in this dance, of working with whatever happens. We learn to trust ourselves and then others and, gradually, we learn that life itself can be trusted.
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Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
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You can’t hate someone whose story you know.
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Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole.
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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
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Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.
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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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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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A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
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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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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.
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