Quotes from Jennifer Garvey Berger

The point isn't to be the hero and solve things; the point of the leader in a complex world is to enable and unleash as many heroes and as many solutions as possible.

In a simpler world, perhaps unilateral power held by a single, smart, capable leader could rule the day. In a complex world, as we'll explore together, it takes a collective sharing of power, creativity, and perspectives to become agile and nuanced enough to lead into the uncertain future.

The key lever in a complex system is learning; the key methods are conversation, discovery, and experimentation.14 In a complicated case, you have distinct times for diagnosing the problem, coming up with the solution, and then implementing that solution.

In study after study, researchers find that if people are unclear about where they are going, they'll just default to their old patterns and habits.

if you're not failing, you're not actually being particularly experimental).

In order to be a good help on someone's journey toward transformation, you need to understand the world as he sees the world, not as you see him.