Margaret J. WheatleyFor example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think t… ▶321HumanityThoughtTime
Margaret J. Wheatley[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Tu… ▶355HumanityPoliticsReading
Margaret J. WheatleyI'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar terri… ▶333SadnessTime
Margaret J. WheatleyWhen leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.355Politics
Margaret J. WheatleyListening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We … ▶356ReadingTime
Margaret J. WheatleyThinking 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,… ▶345ThoughtTime
Margaret J. WheatleyLife now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abando… ▶323HumanityLifeThought
Margaret J. WheatleyIn organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions,… ▶291PoliticsReading
Margaret J. WheatleyThe 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 … ▶313Life
Margaret J. WheatleyI believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers. ✨ It's An Interconnected World. Shambhala Sun, April 2002.336Thought
Margaret J. WheatleyLet's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'3710Life
Margaret J. WheatleyPassion 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 o… ▶3410LifeLove
Margaret J. WheatleyAggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.284Humor
Margaret J. WheatleyWhen 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. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (… ▶295HumanityTime
Margaret J. WheatleyI believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.339Sadness
Margaret J. WheatleyWe know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Ti… ▶274ReadingTime
Margaret J. WheatleyInnovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, … ▶252Philosophy
Margaret J. WheatleyFor us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.318Death
Margaret J. WheatleyOrganizations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control. ✨ Margar… ▶286ReadingTime
Margaret J. WheatleyThinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Finding Our Way: Leaders… ▶287ReadingThoughtTime
Margaret J. WheatleyI've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed309Reading
Margaret J. WheatleyAggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16… ▶276ReadingTime
Margaret J. WheatleyThis is a world of process, not a world of things.277Reading
Margaret J. WheatleyThere is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Turning to One Another (Large Print 16pt), p.64, ReadHo… ▶299PoliticsReading
Margaret J. WheatleyCircles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertai… ▶3010HumanityReadingTime
Margaret J. WheatleyWithout reflection, we go blindly on our way. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt), p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com<… ▶277ReadingReflectionTime
Margaret J. WheatleyAnd 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.211LifeReflectionTime
Margaret J. WheatleyYou can’t hate someone whose story you know. ✨ Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). Turning to One Another (Large Print 16pt), p.96, ReadHowYouWant.com245Reading
Margaret J. WheatleyThey have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changin… ▶245HumanityReadingThought
Margaret J. WheatleyWhen we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.234Philosophy
