Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of human nature. It is, rather, belief that the inevitable errors and sins of the human condition are far better overcome by individuals working together in an environment of trust and freedom and mutual respect than by individuals working under a multitude of rules, regulations, and restraints imposed upon them by another group of imperfect individuals.

The faster we go, the slower we need to be.

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

Business and human endeavors are systems...we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.

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

The capacity of a human community to shape it's future.

We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.