1. 1 Leadership and the New Science Quantum imagery challenges so many of our basic assumptions, including our understanding of relationships, connectedness, prediction and control. p33 Wheatley, Margaret,J. (2006) Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World 3 rd Ed. San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler.

2. 2 Leadership and the New Science Chaos

3. 3 Leadership and the New Science We live in a non-linear world See patterns and order out of chaos Step back to see patterns – give it time (chaos is order without predictability) To understand individual behaviour we need to see in context of the whole system To make a system stronger we need to create stronger relationships Clarity of purpose and trust in the self- organising capacity of people (command and out of control)

4. 4 Leadership and the New Science Context Relationships Connectedness