Book Titles

Most learning comes from speaking and doing.

When we give up control and act as relative equals, we make ourselves vulnerable.

Consulting cannot be done well without genuine caring for the client, and the challenge is to find ways to embody our care in the way we do the work.

…we need to build elements of surprise, discovery, and not knowing into our interaction with clients.

If learning and change are truly our intent, a slower, more demanding, and more deliberative approach is required.

Most persistent problems that call for consultation have no clear right answer.

Living systems are not controllable, despite the fact that they evolve toward order and some cohesion.

The questions that heal us and offer hope for authentic change are the ones we cannot easily answer.

The door to new ways of thinking doe snot open easily, and it is the tension in the room that actually becomes the key.

Each intention of cultural change needs to find expression in the present, or it loses its credibility.