Margaret J. Wheatley
Margaret J. Wheatley
Margaret J. Wheatleyis an American writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory, leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to self-organize. Her work is often compared to that of Donella Meadows and Dee Hock. She describes her work as opposing "highly controlled mechanistic systems that only create robotic behaviors."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Margaret J. Wheatley quotes about
self identity depends
Who you are depends on who you meet.
roles steps courageous
For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.
leadership believe organization
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.
organization people frustrated
In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.
independent entity isolated
We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.
military commitment successful
Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.
relationship creativity journey
Innovation is fostered by information gathered from new connections; from insights gained by journeys into other disciplines or places; from active, collegial networks and fluid, open boundaries. Innovation arises from ongoing circles of exchange, where information is not just accumulated or stored, but created. Knowledge is generated anew from connections that weren't there before.
organization decision action
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
space circles soothing
Circles create soothing space...
creative life-is
Life is creative. It makes it up as it goes along.
learning grace curiosity
The search for the lessons of the new science is still in progress, really in its infancy. In this realm, three is a new kind of freedom, where it is more rewarding to explore than to reach conclusions, more satisfying to wonder than to know, and more exciting to search than to stay put. Curiosity, not certainty, becomes the saving grace.
pieces world machines
A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.
asking asks
Ask what's possible, not what's wrong. Keep asking.
stronger needs
To make a system stronger, we need to make stronger relationships.