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And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 84
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
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Who you are depends on who you meet.
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You can’t hate someone whose story you know.
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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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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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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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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.
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No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the process that brings forth the manifestation of what we are observing.
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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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Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
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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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We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
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Power is the capacity to generate relationships.
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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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Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.
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