Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity… — 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
I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to.… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
A leader these days needs to be a host - one who convenes diversity; who convenes all viewpoints in creative processes where… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives and… — 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 Image
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 Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
