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All social change begins with a conversation.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
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Space is the basic ingredient of the universe there is more of it than anything else.
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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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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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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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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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The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.
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The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.
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To make a system stronger, we need to make stronger relationships.
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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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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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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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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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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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This is a world of process, not a world of things.
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We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.
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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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