Occupation: Author Birth: 1947
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We tend to think that, in a traditional organisation, people are producing results because management wants results, but the essence of a high-qualit….
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of chang….
Learning is all about connections, and through our connections with unique people we are able to gain a true understanding of the world around us..
When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hiera….
If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's..
In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually e….
A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future..
The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines.
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations..
In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the con….
Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that ar….
An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision..
The problems with willpower are many, but they may hardly be noticed by the person focused narrowly on success. First, there is little economy of mea….
Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success..
In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually..
The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems..
In great teams conflict becomes productive..
Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny..
When I look at efforts to create change in big companies over the past 10 years, I have to say that there's enough evidence of success to say that ch….
The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of our highest ….