Margaret Wheatley on leadership and Warriors for the Human Spirit
...Lisa Gill: It strikes me that it's, it's almost about at an individual level, choosing activism almost rather than victimhood or just survival. Margaret Wheatley: Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I mean, that's the choice point - who do I choose to be? Am I ju...more
...aret Wheatley: Yes. Well, it's the people that I just described, the people who are willing to - who have a great desire to stay, who've already been activists. These are not people who are suddenly getting religious about, oh, I should do something. These are experienced leaders of all ages, but with a pred...more
Gary Hamel on busting bureaucracy for good
...o be helpless. I'm not going to wait for somebody else. And so I think the spirit that is almost entirely lacking in our organisations is a spirit of activism. And it's kind of ironic, because every corporate leader will say well, we need to change faster. So my question is, okay, well have you taught peopl...more
...ind of ironic, because every corporate leader will say well, we need to change faster. So my question is, okay, well have you taught people how to be activists? How to have an idea, build a coalition, run an experiment, make something happen? And, you know, I think the idea almost fills them with horror. But...more
Miki Kashtan on the three shifts needed for self-managing organisations to thrive
...the habit of power over but we don't necessarily have the capacity to do it if we don't have structural power. So I once worked with a group of union activists and there was a very profound moment when they became willing to admit that if they had power, they would treat management as poorly as management wa...more