Margaret J. Wheatley

Books by Margaret J. Wheatley

Leadership and the New Science
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Who Do We Choose To Be?
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Perseverance
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Quotes by Margaret J. Wheatley

We are, always, poets, exploring possibilities of meaning in a world which is also all the time exploring possibilities.
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We are, always, poets, exploring possibilities of meaning in a world which is also all the time exploring possibilities.
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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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In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
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Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem.
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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.
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The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.
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For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.
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Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.
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I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.
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In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.
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Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.
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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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In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.
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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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