Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“the major relational problem for our species is not getting together; protoplasm loves to join. The problem is preserving self in a close relationship.… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“the key to survival is the ability of the “host” to recognize and limit the invasiveness of its viral or malignant components.” — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence. — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“while the modern, human animal is capable of deep thought and, like its mammalian forebears, can nurture and play, it also is capable of… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“no one has ever gone from slavery to freedom with the slaveholders cheering them on,” — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard.… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“The three criteria of reptilian functioning that leaders of any family or institution can always rely on to judge madness (of others or their… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“any community or family discussion, those who are the first to introduce concern for empathy feel powerless, and are trying to use the togetherness… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“A “new world” view of the brain suggests instead that communication is itself an emotional phenomenon that depends on three interrelational rather than “mental”… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful. — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
“the “old world” view separates data from emotional process and focuses leaders on the “talking heads” of others, while the “new world” view focuses… — Edwin H Friedman Copy Share Image
