Meg Wheatley Quotes

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The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.

Meg Wheatley
Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.

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They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.

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These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

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Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.

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Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

Meg Wheatley
Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

Meg Wheatley
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances,
imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.

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In this new world, you and I make it up as we go along, not because we lack expertise or planning skills, but because that is the nature of reality. Reality changes shape and meaning because of our activity. And it is constantly new. We are required to be there, as active participants. It can't happen without us and nobody can do it for us.

Meg Wheatley