A Simpler Way

Constructed around five major themes -- play, organization, self, emergence, and coherence -- A Simpler Way challenges the way we live and work, presenting a profound worldview.In thoughtful, creative prose, the authors help readers connect their own personal experiences to the idea that organizations are evolving systems. With its relaxed, poetic style, A Simpler Way will help readers increase their organizing capacity and free them from the daily stress that disorganization brings.

Margaret J. Wheatley is the author of Leadership and the New Science, named Best Management Book of 1992 by Industry Week magazine. She and Myron Kellner-Rogers are principals of a consulting firm that focuses on applying natural science principles of self-organization.

Margaret J. Wheatley is the author of Leadership and the New Science, named Best Management Book of 1992 by Industry Week magazine. She and Myron Kellner-Rogers are principals of a consulting firm that focuses on applying natural science principles of self-organization.

Photo Essay
An Invitation
A Simpler Way
Poetics by A. R. Ammons
Play
Organizing as Play
Organization
Organization as Organizing
Self
Selves Organizing
Emergence
Emerging Organization
Motions of Coherence
Photo Essay
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Photo Credits
The Authors