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

To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the 'music,' but to the essence of the person speaking. You listen not only for what someone knows, but for what he or she is. Ears operate at the speed of sound, which is far slower than the speed of light the eyes take in. Generative listening is the art of developing deeper silences in yourself, so you can slow our mind's hearing to your ears' natural speed, and hear beneath the words to their meaning.

When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.

The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

In a sluggish system, aggressiveness produces instability. Either be patient or make the system more responsive.

Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.

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