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“Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.”
― Peter Senge

“People don't resist change. They resist being changed.”
― Peter Senge

“You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model.  Your primary influence is the environment you create.”
― Peter Senge

“the bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, "We did it ourselves”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we reperceive the world and our relationship to it. Through learning we extend our capacity to create, to be part of the generative process of life”
― Peter M. Senge

“Collaboration is vital to sustain what we call profound or really deep change, because without it, organizations are just overwhelmed by the forces of the status quo. ”
― Peter Senge

“Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“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

“The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“People with high levels of personal mastery...cannot afford to choose between reason and intuition, or head and heart, any more than they would choose to walk on one leg or see with one eye.”
― Peter Senge

“It is not the absence of defensiveness that characterizes learning teams but the way defensiveness is faced”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“The world is made of Circles
And we think in straight Lines”
― Peter Senge

“vision is an idle dream at best and a cynical delusion at worst - but not an achievable end”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.”
― Peter Senge

“Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.”
― Peter Senge