If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions. Peter Block More Quotes by Peter Block More Quotes From Peter Block What worked yesterday is the gilded cage of tomorrow. Peter Block cages tomorrow yesterday Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice at best stops the conversation, definitely inhibits learning, and at worst claims dominance. Peter Block learning people knowledge The world does not need a better definition of issues, or better planning or project management. It needs the issues and the plans to have more of an impact, which is the promise of engagement. Peter Block issues learning knowledge Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life. Peter Block learning teaching children We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become. Peter Block institutions learning ifs To be committed means you are willing to make a promise with no exception of return. Peter Block learning mean knowledge As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters. Peter Block safety what-matters long The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts. Peter Block balance goal If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can't get you there. Peter Block ownership responsibility needs The choice to worry about why we are doing something more than how we do something is risky business. Peter Block risky-business choices worry ...the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to feelings, to conflict, to the prism of human experience. Peter Block voice artist giving We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talents to question and confront the culture. Peter Block cake safety artist Structure influences behavior. Design spaces that make you feel "you are welcome here and that you came to the right place." Peter Block collaboration design space Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below. Peter Block top-down whim leadership Learning and performance will become one and the same thing. Everything you say about learning will be about performance. People will get the point that learning is everything. Peter Block performances people We are reluctant to let go of the belief that if I am to care for something I must control it. Peter Block care belief letting-go Why follow the steps of another to find out where our dreams will lead us. Peter Block our-dreams dream steps To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning- this is the ultimate adventure. Peter Block learning teaching adventure If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go. Peter Block saying-no believe way How many times have we brought in an outsider to tell us what we already knew? Peter Block outsiders
