Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Margaret J. Wheatley quotes, Margaret J. Wheatley sayings, and Margaret J. Wheatley proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.Margaret J. Wheatley
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When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.Margaret J. Wheatley
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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!Margaret J. Wheatley
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Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.Margaret J. Wheatley
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In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.Margaret J. Wheatley
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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.Margaret J. Wheatley
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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.Margaret J. Wheatley
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We would do well to ponder the realization that love is the most potent source of power.Margaret J. Wheatley
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There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.Margaret J. Wheatley
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The things we fear most in organizations fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances are the primary sources of creativity.Margaret J. Wheatley
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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.Margaret J. Wheatley
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Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries. Innovation arises from ongoing circles of exchange, where information is not just accumulated or stored, but created. Knowledge is generated anew from connections that weren't there before.Margaret J. Wheatley