As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.

How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in.

Learning and performance will become one and the same thing. Everything you say about learning will be about performance. People will get the point that learning is everything.

We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations, and obvious actions are exactly what increase the likelihood that tomorrow will be just like yesterday.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.

The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shift in the world becomes possible.