Peter Senge quotes - page 3

Leadership is about creating new realities. (Peter Senge)
Learning is all about connections, and through our connections with unique people we are able to gain a true understanding of the world around us. View quote
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We need to be the authors of our own life. View quote
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We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry. View quote
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I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace. View quote
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If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur. View quote
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When all is said and done, the only change that will make a difference is the transformation of the human heart. View quote
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Like a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our vision, mental models determine what we see. View quote
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Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively. View quote
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When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise. View quote
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Business and human endeavors are systems...we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved. (Peter Senge)
When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results. View quote
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Learning cannot be disassociated from action. View quote
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The easy way out usually leads back in. View quote
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Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants. View quote
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Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines. View quote
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Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally. View quote
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It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear. View quote
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The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage. View quote
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In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality. View quote
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The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems. (Peter Senge)
A unique relationship develops among team members who enter into dialogue regularly. They develop a deep trust that cannot help but carry over to discussions. They develop a richer understanding of the uniqueness of each person's point of view. View quote
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All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift. View quote
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Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions. When inquiry and advocacy are combined, the goal is no longer 'to win the argument', but to find the best argument. View quote
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Perhaps for the first time in history, human-kind has the capacity to create far more information than anyone can absorb; to foster far greater interdependency than anyone can manage, and to accelerate change far faster than anyone's ability to keep pace. View quote
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