Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we reperceive the….

Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner..

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'Wha….

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. T….

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….

In great teams, conflict becomes productive. The free flow of conflicting ideas is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no o….

Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering t….

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision.

Leadership exists when people are no longer victims of circumstances but participate in creating new circumstances. Leadership is about creating a do….

[Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visi….

Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines..

Consider prejudice. Once a person begins to accept a stereotype of a particular group, that "thought" becomes an active agent, "participating" in sha….

Knowledge is constructed, not transferred.

The easy way out usually leads back in..

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth..

Teams, not individuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations. This is where the "rubber stamp meets the road"; unless teams can ….

Learning cannot be disassociated from action..

Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge….

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

Yet, most every corporate effort to graft this truly innovative practices into their culture has failed because, again and again, people reduce the l….

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