Quotes page 3
August 10, 2023 2023-08-28 6:55Quotes page 3
We see the world not as it is but as we are. We all tend to think of ourselves as objective observers, but none of us are. If we want to see things change out there, first I need to see change in here".
-H. Bortoft
Dialogue is a way of being with each other that creates a space for new possibilities to emerge".
-Peter Senge
The only thing that is constant is change".
-Heraclitus
The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend".
-Henri Bergson
All that we hear is an opinion and not a fact, all that we see is a perspective and not the truth".
-Marc Aurelio
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful".
– M.J. Wheatley
The more present and aware we are as individuals and as organizations, the more choices we create. As awareness increases, we can engage with more possibilities. We are no longer held prisoner by habits, unexamined thoughts, or information we refuse to look at".
-Wheatley/Kellner-Rogers
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change".
– C. Darwin
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers".
– Voltaire
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves".
– Carl Jung
In dialogue, individuals gain insights that simply could not be achieved individually".
– Peter Senge
We do not learn from experience …. we learn from reflecting on experience".
– John Dewey
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. "
– Buckminster Fuller
We learn, adapt, and bring forth our worlds through the networks of conversation in which we participate."
– Humberto Maturana
Conversations are the way workers discover what they know, share it with their colleagues, and in the process create new knowledge for the organization. In the new economy, conversations are the most important form of work…. So much so that the conversation is the organization."
– Alan Webber
Strategizing depends on creating a rich and complex web of conversations that cuts across previously isolated knowledge sets and creates new and unexpected combinations of insights."
– Gary Hamel
All thinking and learning takes place in a context. The mind always seeks context in order to create meaning."
– E. Clark
Dialogue is the central aspect of co-intelligence. We can only generate higher levels of intelligence among us if we are doing some high-quality talking with one another."
– T. Atlee
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
– Rumi
