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
space circles soothing
Circles create soothing space...
drawing pieces world
In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than explored its webby nature.
pieces world machines
A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.
organization decision action
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.
space ingredients universe
Space is the basic ingredient of the universe; there is more of it than anything else.
memories moving thinking
Our growing addiction to the Internet is impairing precious human capacities such as memory, concentration, pattern recognition, meaning-making, and intimacy. We are becoming more restless, more impatient, more demanding, and more insatiable, even as we become more connected and creative. We are rapidly losing the ability to think long about any- thing, even those issues we care about. We flit, moving restlessly from one link to another.
letting-go organization appreciate
As we let go of the machine model of work, we begin to step back and see ourselves in new ways, to appreciate wholeness, and to design organizations that honor and make use of the totality of who we are.
capacity
Power is the capacity to generate relationships.
connections asking strengthening
Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'
stronger needs
To make a system stronger, we need to make stronger relationships.
moving one-direction aggression
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.
believe order people
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
inspirational healing coaching
One of the easiest human acts is also the most healing. Listening to someone. Simply listening. Not advising or coaching, but silently and fully listening.
perseverance simple decision
Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.