Occupation: Author Birth: 1940
We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur..
All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment….
How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in..
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live….
Why do anything unless it is going to be great?.
The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shi….
Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers..
We are reluctant to let go of the belief that if I am to care for something I must control it..
I discovered that resolution of conflict comes from people being able to express their own feelings and their own needs in the face of another. Makin….
Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, a….
Structure influences behavior. Design spaces that make you feel "you are welcome here and that you came to the right place.".
We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talen….
Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below..
If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go..
If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions..
We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations, and ….
It is hard to learn when we think we know something..
Why follow the steps of another to find out where our dreams will lead us..
The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole..
Learning and performance will become one and the same thing. Everything you say about learning will be about performance. People will get the point t….
If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can't get you there..