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Power is the capacity to generate relationships.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
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Relationships
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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.
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