Natural Creativity For Organizations with Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D. and Myron Kellnor-Rogers

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The usual approach to work life in an organization does not allow much room for play, risk or individuality. But principles in the natural world suggest a more creative, effective approach. "Everywhere you look in life," says Wheatley, "what you see is enormous creativity, diversity and experimentation." She and Kellnor-Rogers describe how the same methods nature uses for producing vital, thriving life forms can bring new life to individuals and organizations of all kinds. They tell us how to let go of our need for control, invite innovation--and be ready for surprises! Says Wheatley, "This isn't a superficial shift at all." (hosted by Michel Toms)

Bio

Margaret Wheatley is an internationally acclaimed writer, speaker, and teacher. She began caring about the world's peoples in 1966 as a Peace Corps volunteer in postwar Korea. She is cofounder and President Emerita of The Berkana Institute, a charitable foundation that works with people around the world to strengthen their communities using the wisdom and wealth already present in their people, traditions, and environment. She is a guide in leading people back to understanding who we are as humans, being able to create the conditions for our basic qualities of generosity, contribution, community, and love. She is a grand contributor in creating an Island of Sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. 

Margaret J. Wheatley’s books include:

• Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World (Berrett-Koehler 1992)
• Perseverance (Berrett-Koehler 2010)
• Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope in the Future (Berrett-Koehler 2009)
• So Far from Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World (Berrett-Koehler 2012)
• Who Do We Choose To Be: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity (Berrett-Koehler 2017) 

To learn more about the work of Margaret Wheatley go to www.margaretwheatley.com. 

Myron Kellnor-Rogers is an organizational consultant with the Berkana Institute.

They are co-authors of:

• A Simpler Way (Berrett-Koehler 1996)

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• How to take risks and experiment in business and life
• Play and its role in the modern organization
• How education can produce more creative people
• The demise of the five-year plan
• Using intentionality to guide decision-making
• A re-thinking of Darwinian theory
• Challenges to the earliest life on Earth
• The trouble with procedures manuals
• Nature's secrets for vital and creative organization