Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

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Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
by Margaret J Wheatley
from Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• How do Complex Systems Change?
  1. Why aren't organizations working well? Organizations fail because they devalue the relationship networks that exist within their organization. This world of relationships is rich and complex. None of us exists independent of our relationships with others. Systems influence individuals, and individuals call forth systems. It is the relationship that evokes the present reality. Which potential becomes real depends on the people, the events, and the moment. There is a growing demand for spiritual... more info

• A "must read" for leaders in the 21st century
  Margaret Wheatley's Leadership and the New Science book is a paradigm shifting book about the changing accountabilities of leaders in the 21st century.
  Margaret provides a bridge between the old sciences that our current world view is based on, and the new sciences that we have yet to understand and integrate into our thinking. She points out implications such as the importance of relationships, chaos as an important part of evolution as we reorganize to a more evolved level as a result, and... more info

• Science Uncovers Mystical Truth
  As CEO Coach, Poet and author of a leadership book that helps leaders learn how to unleash the genius of teams and corporations, I feel this book is a must read. If you want to know how the universe works so that you can live more effectivly in that universe, this is the book to read. She extends scientific understanding into life. Great book. Paul David Walker Unleashing Genius: Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations

• Science of the Invisible
  I had a migraine for three days reading this in 1990. Since then I've struggled to find a way to apply this knowledge to improve organizations. Well, I finally found it. This is the the science of culture. Self-organization, strange attractors, emergence, nonlinear interactions of agents in a system, sensitivity to initial conditions, fractals . . . and so on, are much easier to apprehend with a view of organization as organisms, and even easier to see as the underlying science of the intangible dimension... more info

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