In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.

You cannot have a learning organisation without a shared vision...A shared vision provides a compass to keep learning on course when stress develops.

A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions. They develop a richer understanding of the uniqueness of each person's point of view.

The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.

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

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?