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

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

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.

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

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.

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