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Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.

— Peter Senge The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990)

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When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hierarchical leaders.

It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (1994)

A learning organization is an] organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990)

In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers.

The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990)

Real learning gets to the heart of what it means to be human. Through learning we re-create ourselves.

The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990)

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