Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.

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

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

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.