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> [All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/all-we-have-to-do-to-create-the-future-is-to-change-the-nature-of-our/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

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## More by Peter Block

> [We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/we-have-banished-our-artists-to-the-fringe-of-society-and-tell-them/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/the-goal-is-to-balance-a-life-that-works-with-a-life-that-counts/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [How many times have we brought in an outsider to tell us what we already knew?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/how-many-times-have-we-brought-in-an-outsider-to-tell-us-what-we/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [Questions draw us together. Answers push us apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/questions-draw-us-together-answers-push-us-apart/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/good-questions-work-on-us-we-don-t-work-on-them-they-are-not-a/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [The world does not need a better definition of issues, or better planning or project management. It needs the issues and the plans to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/the-world-does-not-need-a-better-definition-of-issues-or-better/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to say "no".…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/dissent-is-the-cousin-of-diversity-the-respect-for-a-wide-range-of/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/if-you-believe-that-saying-no-will-get-you-shot-well-what-a-fine-way/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [We get the leaders we create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/we-get-the-leaders-we-create/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/if-we-believe-something-does-not-exist-unless-we-measure-it-then-we/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [What worked yesterday is the gilded cage of tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/what-worked-yesterday-is-the-gilded-cage-of-tomorrow/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [It is hard to learn when we think we know something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/it-is-hard-to-learn-when-we-think-we-know-something/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/advice-is-unfriendly-to-learning-especially-when-it-is-sought-most-of/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can't get you there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/if-you-need-ownership-and-responsibility-from-core-workers-patriarchy/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

> [We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-block/we-must-establish-a-personal-connection-with-each-other-connection/)

[Peter Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-block/)

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