It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.

Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.

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

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

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.

Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.