#organisation

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#assume #context #dangerous #feels #given

Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#changes #confronted #control #external #initiated

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam. ↗

— Toby Young

#i #like #organisation #oxfam #political

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all. ↗

— John Bruton

#deterred #fear #organisations #retaliation #states

If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one's ever heard about. ↗

— Thomas R. Cech

#better #ever #gene #good #had

With the EU taking in ten more countries and adopting a new Constitution, organisations need more than ever intelligent professional help in engaging with the EU institutions. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#constitution #countries #engaging #eu #ever

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things. ↗

— Susan George

#bring #change #change things #degree #going

I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#board #done #feminism #gay #get

I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#earth #encounter #full #great #greenpeace

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#anywhere #appear #believe #capacity #i