Meg Wheatley - People Quotes

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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

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

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In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.

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For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions

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