The company-as-a-machine model fits how people think about and operate conventional companies. And, of course, it fits how people think about changing conventional companies: You have a broken company, and you need to change it, to fix it. — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's. — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money. — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of human nature.… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
One possibility for difficulties innovating is that most people really donÕt care about innovation. — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
One industrial age belief is that GDP or GNP is a measure of progress. I don't care if you're the President of China or… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
“The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.” — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Businesses and other human endeavors are also systems. They, too, are bound by invisible fabrics of interrelated actions, which often take years to fully… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the 'music,' but… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
