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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

“A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.”

Knows World Pieces Machines Filled Boundaries

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

“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.”

World Facts Culture Lines Pieces Western Boxes Decades Drawing Interconnected Western Culture Drawing The Line

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“We each create our world by what we choose to notice, creating a world of distinction that makes sense to us. We then 'see' the world through the self we have created.”

World Self Creating Make Sense Distinction Our World

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.”

“In this new world, you and I make it up as we go along, not because we lack expertise or planning skills, but because that is the nature of reality. Reality changes shape and meaning because of our activity. And it is constantly new. We are required to be there, as active participants. It can't happen without us and nobody can do it for us.”

World Reality Happens Can Do Knowledge Learning Activity Shapes Skills Management Active Planning New World Expertise Participants

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

“We are, always, poets, exploring possibilities of meaning in a world which is also all the time exploring possibilities.”

World Possibility Poet Exploring

Book:A Simpler Way

Source: A Simpler Way

“I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed”

World Might Wanted Views Changed Western Lenses

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“This is a world of process, not a world of things.”

World Process

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don't need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to broad-based change.”