Peter Senge Quotes About Vision

Quotes about: Vision

• The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

  Peter Senge

  Moving, Reality, Creative

• Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

  Peter Senge

  Vision, Pursuit, Needed

• Like a pane of glass framing and subtly distorting our vision, mental models determine what we see.

  Peter Senge

  Glasses, Vision, Framing

  Peter Senge (2012). “Schools That Learn (updated and revised second edition): A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education”, p.100, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

• The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

  Peter Senge

  Reality, People, Vision

  Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.159, Random House

• Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.

  Peter Senge

  Reality, Personal Mastery, Discipline

  Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.14, Random House

• It takes courage and skill to be unambiguous and clear.

  Peter Senge

  Skills, Vision, Clear

  Peter Senge (2012). “Schools That Learn (updated and revised second edition): A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education”, p.342, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

• [Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visions that focus energy effectively often address immediate problems. What matters is engagement in the service of a larger purpose rather than lofty aspirations that paralyze action. Indeed, it's a dangerous trap to believe that we can pursue onlhy "great visions."

  Peter Senge

  Believe, Mean, What Matters

  Peter Senge, C. Scharmer (2011). “Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society”, p.127, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

• A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?

  Peter Senge

  Heart, Ideas, People

• When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to.

  Peter Senge

  People, Vision, Want

  Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.16, Random House

• Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.

  Peter Senge

  Powerful, Excellence, Vision

• In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind creates the confidence to make decisions even in moments of crisis.

  Peter Senge

  Dream, Decision, Innovation

• In a learning organization, leaders are designers, stewards, and teachers. They are responsible for building organizations where people continually expand their capabilities to understand complexity, clarify vision, and improve shared mental models - that is, they are responsible for learning.

  Peter Senge

  Teacher, Organization, People

  "The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization". Book by Peter Senge, 1990.

• In some ways clarifying a vision is easy. A more difficult challenge comes in facing current reality.

  Peter Senge

  Reality, Challenges, Vision

• Team learning is the Process of aligning and developing the capacity of a team to create the results its members desire. It builds on the discipline of developing a shared vision. It also builds on personal mastery, for talented teams are made up of talented individuals.

  Peter Senge

  Teamwork, Educational, Personal Mastery

• If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.

  Peter Senge

  People, Vision, Can Do

• You cannot have a learning organisation without a shared vision...A shared vision provides a compass to keep learning on course when stress develops.

  Peter Senge

  Stress, Vision, Compass

• If there is genuine potential for growth, build capacity in advance of demand, as a strategy for creating demand. Hold the vision, especially as regards assessing key performance and evaluating whether capacity to meet potential demand is adequate.

  Peter Senge

  Keys, Creating, Growth

• An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.

  Peter Senge

  Reality, Views, Vision

  Peter M Senge (2010). “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition”, p.115, Random House

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