Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response.”

“I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.”

“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.”

“Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.”

“I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.”

“We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.”

“Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.”

“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.”

“Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering.”

“We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!”