ENDORSEMENTS


"A Simpler Way is a marvelous raid on the unspeakable and invisible world which permeates every human attempt to work together. The writing is meditative, clear and uncluttered, yet exactly to the point. Destined to be a classic."

—David Whyte, poet and author of The Hearth Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

"A Simpler Way is nothing less than a generous gift from the authors.... In an evocative, almost poetic, style they lead us with thought, care, and great gentleness, through a philosophy which observes life as always moving toward organization, and organization as ultimately affirming of life itself."

—James A. Autry, author of Love and Profit and Life and Work

"This inviting and courageous book illuminates the new organizational paradigm in a profound and poetic way. It is filled with hope, insight, and penetrating questions that lift us to a universe abounding in new possibilities. The issues it raises-about how we organize work and how we can create together-are of such depth and scope that we will be inquiring into their meaning for years to come. I so love and admire this work."

—Richard N. Knowles, Ph.D., Director, Community Awareness and Emergency Response, DuPont Corporation

"If you care about authentic change and want your faith in human systems affirmed, drop everything and read this book."

—Peter Block, author of Stewardship and The Empowered Manager

"There is an emerging lexicon for enabling and sustaining dynamic, playful, purposeful, and coherent organizations. Margaret J. Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers are teaching us this new language of integration, connection, and interdependence, of adaptation, patterns and inherent order and possibility. If we don't learn to speak it, our current organizations will not survive. Please read this book over and over until the words and meanings begin to seep into your soul."

—Stephanie Pace Marshall, Executive Director, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

"Warning: Reading this book could transform your life. The revolutionary assertion of this wonderfully poetic book is that life on earth is creative, experimenting, and self-organizing. Organization is trying to happen; often our efforts to manage it actually get in the way. Adopting this new philosophy, much of what we do in organizations will change profoundly. "

—Willis Harman, President, The Institute of Noetic Sciences

"Wheatley and Kellner-Rogers have the unique ability of understanding the essence of the emerging science of complexity and applying it to the business world. An inspiring book."

—Fritjof Capra, author of The Turning Point and The Web of Life