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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

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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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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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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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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Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships.
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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
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It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.
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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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For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time.
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We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
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Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.
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We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.
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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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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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Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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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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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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