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Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

~Margaret J. Wheatley

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We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

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Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem.

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These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

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Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.

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For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

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In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.

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Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.

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Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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