The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems.

In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality.

Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

Team learning is the Process of aligning and developing the capacity of a team to create the results its members desire. It builds on the discipline of developing a shared vision. It also builds on personal mastery, for talented teams are made up of talented individuals.

When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.