“Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.” Quote by Jack Welch
“By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.” PlayForceStructureDetailsArchetype Author:Peter Senge
“Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.” WorldActionInfluenceModelsAssumptionGeneralization Author:Peter Senge
“The company-as-a-machine model fits how people think about and operate conventional companies. And, of course, it fits how people think about changing conventional companies: You have a broken company, and you need to change it, to fix it.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCoursesCompanyBrokenFitModelsMachinesConventionalNeed A ChangeYou Need To Change Author:Peter Senge
“The Industrial Age is not sustainable. Its not sustainable in ecological terms, and its not sustainable in human terms.” HumansAgeTermEcological Author:Peter Senge
“Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.” GovernmentTermDemocraticShort TermNationalistic Author:Peter Senge
“Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress.” CompanyPeriodsMajorsResourcesInnovationFinancialIntensePullingDistressProtective Author:Peter Senge
“In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.” AgeCompanyMachinesMaking Money Author:Peter Senge
“Theres a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.” ThinkingKidsConceptsStoresGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Peter Senge