Who do we choose to be? : facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity
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Author: Wheatley, Margaret J.,

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Wheatley, Margaret J.,

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Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2017].

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9781523083671, 1523083670

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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

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Leadership.

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Business & Economics -- Industrial Management.
Business & Economics -- Management Science.
Business & Economics -- Management.
Business & Economics -- Organizational Behavior.

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Leadership

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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 â#x80;#x9C;Technological Majestyâ#x80;#x9D;; Tipping Points.

Claiming LeadershipChoosing 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; â#x80;#x9C;We are faithful; therefore we are not afraid.â#x80;#x9D;; 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 Canâ#x80;#x99;t Be Changed; Claiming Leadership; Leading with Emergence; Restoring Sanity; The Joy of Interbeing.

You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Build on Broken7. 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Written from the author's desire to summon us to be leaders for this time as things fall apart, this book explains the need to reclaim leadership as a noble profession that creates possibility and humaneness in the midst of increasing fear and turmoil. --,Edited summary from book.

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Wheatley, M. J. (2017). Who do we choose to be?: facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity . Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

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Wheatley, Margaret J.. 2017. Who Do We Choose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

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Wheatley, Margaret J.. Who Do We Choose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2017.

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Wheatley, M. J. (2017). Who do we choose to be?: facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

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Wheatley, Margaret J.. Who Do We Choose to Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2017.

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