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This is a world of process, not a world of things.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Process
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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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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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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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Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.
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Space is the basic ingredient of the universe there is more of it than anything else.
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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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When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
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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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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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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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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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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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Who you are depends on who you meet.
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
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I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.
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Power is the capacity to generate relationships.
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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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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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