It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find the hive.

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

Why fear feedback? Why stigmatize failure in the workplace when it's bringing you closer to achieving your organizational goals.

The young are always coming up with the good ideas; it's because they waste time. They follow their passion and do something, not looking for a payoff, just doing what's interesting.

Our society lacks a feedback loop for controlling technology: a way to gauge intended effects from actual effects later on