Peter Senge

Peter Senge
Peter Michael Sengeis an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. He is known as the author of the book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
thinking circles world
The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines
leader paradox embrace
I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.
commitment nudge-nudge role-models
You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.
team people standing-out
When you ask people what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. People talk about being part of something larger than themselves, of being connected, of being generative. It becomes quite clear that, for many, their experiences as part of truly great teams stand out as singular periods of life lived to the fullest.
organization expanding capacity
A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.
great-things small-beginnings
All great things have small beginnings.
mistake expectations frustrated
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.