Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.

When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.

Impossible is only an issue of the mind.

Go where people sleep and see if they are safe

It was easier when all we wanted to do was eat them and take their stuff, ” he grumbled.And it had been easier when he hadn’t cared if he made any of them cry.

Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.

Show your instructions in actions as much as you can.

Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.

We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.

I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap.

I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me.