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When error holds so much power, play disappears. Creativity ceases.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Creativity
Power
Disappears
Play
Ceases
Much
Error
Holds
Cease
Disappear
Errors

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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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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.
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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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A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.
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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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Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity of their structure is maintained. It is a natural process which supports the quest for structure, process renewal and integrity.
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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.
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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.
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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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This is a world of process, not a world of things.
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Surrendering to life offers some wonderful realizations. We learn we're capable of being in this dance, of working with whatever happens. We learn to trust ourselves and then others and, gradually, we learn that life itself can be trusted.
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Power is the capacity to generate 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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Who you are depends on who you meet.
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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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Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'
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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
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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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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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There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
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