1. An organization's works, not its words, are the telling assessment of its beliefs. ~John Carver
2. Don’t agonize – organize. ~Florynce Kennedy
3. Every company has two organizational structures: the formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationships of the men and women in the organization. ~Harold S Geneen
4. Every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation. ~Gaius Petronius - AD 63
5. IDENTITY is the source of organization. Every organization is an identity moving through the world, trying to make a difference. ~Margaret Wheatley
6. Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up. ~A.A.Milne
7. Self-organization is the capacity of life to invent itself. This process of invention always takes shape around an identity. ~Margaret Wheatley
8. The essence of an organization lies in what it believes, what it stands for, and what it values. An organization's works, rather than its words, are the telling assessment of its beliefs. ~John Carver
9. We need to trust that we are self-organizing, and we need to create the conditions in which self-organization can flourish. ~Margaret Wheatley