Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.

Quote by Margaret J Wheatley

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For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous...

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous...

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing...

For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing...

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it...

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it...

Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.

Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.

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...

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...

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying...

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying...

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to...

Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to...

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...

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where...

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where...

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression,...

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression,...

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to...

Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to...

We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent...

We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent...

Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be,...

For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be,...

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together...

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together...

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...

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...

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather,...

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather,...

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images...

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images...