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Who Do We Choose to Be?
by Margaret J. Wheatley
Who Do We Choose To Be?
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
What This World Needs
Contents
Opening
An Invitation to the Nobility of Leadership
What Time Is It on the Clock of the World?
Who Do We Choose to Be?
Two Lenses
Science of Living Systems
The Pattern of Collapse of Complex Civilizations
Form Follows Function: The Design of This Book
Dwelling Mind
1. The Arrow of Time
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
The Decline of Civilizations in Ten Generations
The Myth of Progress
The Religion of “Technological Majesty”
Tipping Points
Claiming Leadership
Choosing to Lead Well in Collapse
Leading an Island of Sanity
Restoring Sanity
Where Is Your Organization on the Arrow of Time?
Leading from the Future
2. Identity
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
Identity Then and Now
The Rise of Celebrity Culture
The Compelling Call of Identity
Whatever Happened to Ethics?
Claiming Leadership
“We are faithful; therefore we are not afraid.”
Restoring Sanity
Leading with Integrity
3. Information
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
Information Makes a Difference
How the Digital Age Destroyed the Information Age
What Happened to Learning?
Neural Networks Can Herd Cats
Claiming Leadership
Restoring Learning to Decision Making
The Origin of a Great Line
Restoring Sanity
The Principles and Process of an After Action Review (AAR)
Dealing with the Impossible
4. Self-Organization
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
When Humans Self-Organize
The Unstoppable Rise of Terror
Leading with Self-Organization: Social Movements and Terrorism
Claiming Leadership
Leadership Lessons from Social Movements
Restoring Sanity
Grace Lee Boggs: A Lifetime of Movement Building
Q: How Do You Self-Organize an Island of Sanity?
A: You Rely on Human Human Beings
5. Perception
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
The Blinders of Inexplicable Arrogance
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
Conspiracy Theories
Claiming Leadership
Depending on Diversity
Restoring Sanity
A Tale of Two Stories
6. Interconnectedness
What Science Teaches
Facing Reality
When There Is No Place Called Home
Emergent Systems Can’t Be Changed
Claiming Leadership
Leading with Emergence
Restoring Sanity
The Joy of Interbeing
You Can’t Build on Broken
7. Who do We Choose to Be?
Leadership and the Collapse of Complexity
Naming Ourselves
What Do You Stand For?
Where Do You Stand?
The Gift of Meaningful Work
8. No Matter What
Unshakable Confidence, Unquestioned Humility
No Hope No Fear
Making Our Shoulders Strong
What Do You Want to Be Remembered For?
Coda: When There is No Reality
Appendix
Recommended Readings
Acknowledgments
Index
Author: Margaret Wheatley
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