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 Image
We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. — 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
Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
One of the great errors organizations make is shutting down what is a natural, life-enhancing process-chaos. We are terrified of chaos. As… — 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
