Life doesn't move in straight lines, and neither does a good conversation. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it is occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Surrendering to life offers some wonderful realizations. We learn we're capable of being in this dance, of working with whatever happens. We… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it is occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
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… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
We are, always, poets, exploring possibilities of meaning in a world which is also all the time exploring possibilities. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share
