In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more im… - Margaret J. Wheatley

Here are a few principles I've learned. Start something, and see who notices it. It's only after we initiate something in a system that we see the threads that connect. Usually, someone we don't even know suddenly appears, either outraged or helpful.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.

The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - need not be signs ofan impending disorder that will destroy us. Instead, fluctuations are the primary source of creativity.