Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.

Quote by Margaret J Wheatley

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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere...

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere...

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated...

Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated...

I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what...

I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what...

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is...

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is...

We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we...

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we...

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks...

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks...

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners...

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners...

We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span...

We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span...

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try...

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try...

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that...

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that...

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked...

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked...

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for...

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for...

In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better...

In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better...

I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two...

I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two...

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its...