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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
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Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation.
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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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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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And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.
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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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When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.
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we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's new. Great ideas and inventions miraculously appear in the space of not knowing.
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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
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Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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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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Power is the capacity to generate relationships.
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I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal themselves in behavior.
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It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.
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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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Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.
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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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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.
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We each create our world by what we choose to notice, creating a world of distinction that makes sense to us. We then 'see' the world through the self we have created.
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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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