In great teams conflict becomes productive.

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

A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions. They develop a richer understanding of the uniqueness of each person's point of view.

Many children struggle in schools... because the way they are being taught is incompatible with the way they learn.

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.

Learning cannot be disassociated from action.

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