Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize … - Karl E. Weick

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To bear witness to all the unnecessary suffering on the planet and make ourselves available to service - whatever that means for each of us. We go deep in our personal relationships in America, but we need to go deep in our public relationships as well.

Karl E. Weick

Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of orderliness, and literally create their own constraints.

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