Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Consider prejudice. Once a person begins to accept a stereotype of a particular group, that "thought" becomes an active agent, "participating" in shaping how he or she interacts with another person who falls in that stereotyped class. In turn, the… — 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
It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
