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  • Who Do We Choose to Be?

  • Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
  • By: Margaret J. Wheatley
  • Narrated by: Margaret J. Wheatley
  • Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)
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Summary

Who Do We Choose to Be? is a book that offers a path for leaders to engage wisely with the destructive dynamics of this time that manifest at every level, from individual to organizational to global. We enter the path by facing reality, wanting to see with clarity and discernment where we are and how we got here. Because of her own studies and experiences, Wheatley has chosen to use the lens of new science to understand where we are and why we ended up here.

Wheatley focuses on eight dynamics common to all living systems, each given its own section. For each dynamic, first there is an essay detailing what new science teaches about this dynamic. Next there are short essays applying this lens to today's culture, illuminating the causes of many of our most troubling and perplexing behaviors and trends. The last section is Wheatley's personal recollections of leaders who used this dynamic in healthy and life-affirming ways.

The book is a form of exploration that offers a relaxed and fruitful process of inquiry. To understand how we got here requires more than rational analysis. It requires a dwelling mind where a multiplicity of influences and factors are considered before any insight can reveal itself. Finally, it presents the question to leaders: who do you choose to be as a leader for this time?

©2017 Margaret J. Wheatley (P)2017 Margaret J. Wheatley

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Powerful

This is an extraordinary book that for some may be too heavy and confronting but in reality it is grounded and uplifting.
If you want to be a warrior for the human spirit then it’s an absolute must read. I loved it.

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Dim but reflective

That I can use 14 words for this review, confirms most of what Wheatley writes.

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Invaluable insight to making a good difference

Great thanks to Margaret J. Wheatley for another wonderful piece of work on teaching us about human nature, the state of the world, and how we can build an island of sanity in an increasingly insane world.

I loved the story of the Nuns, so inspiring!

I shall keep Margaret in mind as one of the most timely and relevant authors of this time.

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Gripping and inspiring

It opened my mind to the truths of the world in a non-threatening manner. I feel gripped the whole way through the learn more. I ordered the hardback to further contemplate the subject matters. It’s a finely tuned piece of writing that will continue to have an impact on me. Highly recommend.

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Wonderful timely book

Full of ideas, so right for this time of our existence. Books like this are an oasis in our / my world of madness and self-centredness. I really learnt from MJW.
The mournful music doesn’t fit the uplifting text.

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