I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.
Margaret J. WheatleyRead
In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
We must reduce aggression in order to effectively solve our societal issues.
This quote highlights the necessity of collaboration and harmony in addressing the significant challenges we face in today's society. Margaret J. Wheatley emphasizes that overcoming aggression and fostering cooperation are vital for creating positive change and resolving conflicts, suggesting that our current culture requires a shift towards more peaceful and constructive interactions.
Themes
AggressionCollaborationPeaceChangeCultureCooperation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could inspire a workplace meeting focused on improving teamwork.
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All quotes →In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.
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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 acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.
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They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.
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It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.
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