The difference between a healthy group or organization and an unhealthy one lies in its members' awareness and ability to acknowledge their felt needs to conform.

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

By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

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.

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

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.