Margaret J. Wheatley

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

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

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.

I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it, cos I was always asking the questions... And I could never believe blindly.