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.

If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

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

In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity, clarify vision, and improve shared mental models - that is, they are responsible for learning.

Theres a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.

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