Occupation: Writer Birth: August 17, 1944
Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company..
Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'.
The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become..
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together..
It is time to stop waiting for someone to save us. It is time to face the truth of our situation - that we're all in this together, that we all have ….
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression..
They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal ….
In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than e….
Disorder can play a critical role in giving birth to new, higher forms of order..
Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we….
I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed.
[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about..
In this new world, you and I make it up as we go along, not because we lack expertise or planning skills, but because that is the nature of reality. ….
These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence..
Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives and restore our faith in….
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that pe….
No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the process that brings for….
Circles create soothing space..
I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers..
we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's….
Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger..