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All great things have small beginnings.
The easy way out usually leads back in.
Knowledge is constructed, not transferred
We need to be the authors of our own life.
Leadership is about creating new realities.
In great teams conflict becomes productive.
The faster we go, the slower we need to be.
Learning cannot be disassociated from action.
Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner.
Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.
It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.
The capacity of a human community to shape it's future.
Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines.
The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines
Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset.
Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.
Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision
Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning.
Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.
An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.
In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.
In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually.
If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.
If you want to see the future of management education you should go to see Team Academy.
The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.
The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .
When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.
We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.
Like a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our vision, mental models determine what we see.
Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.
One possibility for difficulties innovating is that most people really donÕt care about innovation.
In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality.
Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.
A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.
The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.
The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.
When all is said and done, the only change that will make a difference is the transformation of the human heart.
In a sluggish system, aggressiveness produces instability. Either be patient or make the system more responsive.
Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.
Many children struggle in schools... because the way they are being taught is incompatible with the way they learn.
Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.
The Industrial Age is not sustainable. Its not sustainable in ecological terms, and its not sustainable in human terms.
The Industrial Age is not sustainable. It's not sustainable in ecological terms, and it's not sustainable in human terms.
By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.
The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly
The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems.
In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.
I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.
A well-managed business will have a high return on invested capital. But that's a consequence. It's not a way to manage a business.
