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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
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In this new world, you and I make it up as we go along, not because we lack expertise or planning skills, but because that is the nature of reality. Reality changes shape and meaning because of our activity. And it is constantly new. We are required to be there, as active participants. It can't happen without us and nobody can do it for us.
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Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.
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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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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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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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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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we don't have to agree with each other in order to think well together. There is no need for us to be joined at the head. We are joined by our human hearts.
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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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Organizations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed and external changes over which no one has control.
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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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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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You can’t hate someone whose story you know.
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Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'
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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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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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Who you are depends on who you meet.
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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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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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The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
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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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