The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations (Book)
Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth, Bryan Smith, Authors.  New York, NY: Doubleday, 1999.

Peter Senge and others develop and apply systems theory to the leadership task of starting and sustaining productive, developmental life in organizations. Senge's "dance" of the title, and his purpose, is to describe the naturally occurring forces that interact to generate and limit profound change. While the language is deceptively simple, the text is replete with careful and insightful definitions.

The reader can divide the book into three parts: (1) the overarching theory, and most essential definitions, in the first two chapters; (2) the "big picture" overview, entitled "Leadership in the World of the Living," at the end; (3) the rest of the book, which elaborates the limiting processes that shape profound change—what Senge calls the "Ten Challenges." Describing not how things "ought" to be, but how things really work, The Dance of Change includes a crucial caution: "only through practice and continuing reflection, will [one develop] practical know-how" (p. 560). With its useful attention to behaviors and attitudes that constrain and derail the development of an institution and its members, this book is bedrock material for leaders in any field.

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