In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.

Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.

All social change begins with a conversation.

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

We can no longer stand at the end of something we visualized in detail and plan backwards from that future. Instead we must stand at the beginning, clear in our mind, with a willingness to be involved in discovery... it asks that we participate rather than plan.

Power in organizations is the capacity generated by relationships. It is an energy that comes into existence through relationships.