Frederic Laloux
growth medical cancer
“We have reached a stage where we often pursue growth for growth’s sake, a condition that in medical terminology would simply be called cancer.”
― Frederic Laloux
breakthrough 21 century technology human
“The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human. John Naisbitt”
― Frederic Laloux
forest master tree planecosystem
“In a forest, there is no master tree that plans and dictates change when rain fails to fall or when the spring comes early. The whole ecosystem reacts creatively, in the moment.”
― Frederic Laloux
extraordinary happen work people
“Extraordinary things begin to happen when we dare to bring all of who we are to work.”
― Frederic Laloux
trust responsibility peer regulate hierarchy
“When trust is extended, it breeds responsibility in return. Emulation and peer pressure regulates the system better than hierarchy ever could.”
― Frederic Laloux
powerful meaningful cooperate belief system
“Could we invent a more powerful, more soulful, more meaningful way to work together, if only we change our belief system?”
― Frederic Laloux
organization evolve leadership development
“an organization cannot evolve beyond its leadership’s stage of development.”
― Frederic Laloux
profit air live breathe
“profit is like the air we breathe. We need air to live, but we don’t live to breathe.”
― Frederic Laloux
human problem solve potential unfold
“as human beings, we are not problems waiting to be solved, but potential waiting to unfold.”
― Frederic Laloux
think farmr look ahead plan day
“think like farmers: look 20 years ahead, and plan only for the next day.”
― Frederic Laloux
create workplace school hospital business talent blossom calling
“Can we create soulful workplaces—schools, hospitals, businesses, and nonprofits—where our talents can blossom and our callings can be honored?”
― Frederic Laloux
self-organize world create billion year
“Self-organization is not a startling new feature of the world. It is the way the world has created itself for billions of years.”
― Frederic Laloux
hierarchy control system machine fear distrust
“Traditional hierarchies and their plethora of built-in control systems are, at their core, formidable machines that breed fear and distrust.”
― Frederic Laloux
job title honeypot allure addictive unhealthy
“job titles are like honeypots to the ego: alluring and addictive, but ultimately unhealthy.”
― Frederic Laloux
machine metaphor organization lifeless soulless
“the metaphor of the machine indicates that these organizations, however much they brim with activity, can still feel lifeless and soulless.”
― Frederic Laloux
surprise people resist moved around
“Not surprisingly, people resist being moved around.”
― Frederic Laloux