The easy way out usually leads back in.

The Industrial Age is not sustainable. Its not sustainable in ecological terms, and its not sustainable in human terms.

If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.

Teams, not individuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations. This is where the "rubber stamp meets the road"; unless teams can learn, the organization cannot learn.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

In great teams, conflict becomes productive. The free flow of conflicting ideas is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.

When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.