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Margaret J. Wheatley is a renowned writer known for her work on organizational development and leadership. Born on August 17, 1944, her writings are celebrated for their deep insights into complexity and change.

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Famous Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

“we don't have to agree with each other in order to think well together. There is no need for us to be joined at the head. We are joined by our human hearts.”

Thinking Needs Humans Wells Heart Together Order Agree Unity Cooperation Human Heart

Book:Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future

Source: Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future

“Disorder can play a critical role in giving birth to new, higher forms of order.”

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Book:Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe

Source: Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe

“One of the great errors organizations make is shutting down what is a natural, life-enhancing process-chaos. We are terrified of chaos. As a manager, it signals failure. But if you move out of control and into an appreciation of natural order, you understand that the only way a system changes is when it is far from equilibrium, when it moves from the 'quiet' we treasure and is confronted with the choice to die or reorganize. And you can't reorganize to a higher level unless you risk the perils of the path through chaos.”

“Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”

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Book:Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

Source: Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

“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.”

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Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.”

Source: Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

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

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Book:Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

Source: Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World