In great teams conflict becomes productive.

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

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.

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

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

Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.

We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we forget why we are on that path in the first place. The result is that we only have a dim, or even inaccurate, view of what's really important to us.