Imagin-i-zation

"Organizations are not machines. They employ living beings who often refuse to act like cogs in wheels or to pursue formal organizational objectives."

"Images, assumptions, and frames of reference can act as different lenses, allowing us to see what we otherwise cannot see."

"How can we learn to see ourselves anew? How can we find fresh ways of thinking, behaving, and communicating with those with whom we work?"

"In a positive, expansive, and free-ranging interpretation of termitelike behavior, I believe there's an important message for people who wish to undertake leadership roles in turbulent times."

"You can grow large by staying small."

"Many organizations are caught in the syndrome of change, change, change, and going nowhere!"

"Top and middle levels fail to dialogue in a meaningful way about the core challenges affecting the organization. Ongoing discussions and actions are directed elsewhere."

"In many organizations, teamwork has become trapped by formal team building, because, in more ways than one, it has become just a game!"

"Too many managers are looking outside themselves for answers to their problems."

"New images, new insights, and new understandings provide a springboard for successful imaginization. But new actions make it a reality."

"The president wants to change the managerial and organizational style. What could be more appropriate than starting with himself?"

"Many products and services become prisoners of their own underlying concept."

"We get stuck in taken-for-granted ways of thinking and stuck in actions that are inappropriate for dealing with the problems and situations at hand."