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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Organization
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Control
Trouble
Order
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Organizations
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