All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift.

The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .

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

In great teams conflict becomes productive.

It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources need to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial : a place where the whole of the tree starts to form. As resources such as water and nutrients are drawn in, the seed organizes the process that generates growth. In a sense, the seed is a gateway through which the future possibility of the living tree emerges.

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