Terry Brown

“The force behind the movement of time is a mourning that will not be comforted. That is why the first event is known to have been an expulsion, and the last is hoped to be a reconciliation and return. So memory pulls us forward, so prophecy is only brilliant memory--there will be a garden where all of us as one child will sleep in our mother Eve, hooped in her ribs and staved by her spine.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping

“diverse teams make better mousetraps.”
― Scott E. Page, The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“Said differently, in the modern work environment, the cycle of learning, unlearning, and learning again demands that workers embrace their agency to act and work in ways that make them more creative, more productive, and more fully human. Workplace leaders must risk the vulnerability to admit they don't have all the answers and willingness to discover together with their teams. The honest and fearless embrace of your own vulnerability builds the psychological safety that enables your team to be active, adaptive learners.”
― Heather E McGowan, The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce