Peter Senge Quotes

The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time.

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

When you empower people you sign up for a life of uncertainty and change.

Directors tend to kind of let me do what I want to do.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

The best and most talented directors - and I think it goes for people too - are the most confident in giving room to their actors and trusting them.

The most important thing is that, when you work with somebody, you build a rapport with that person. They have a certain trust in you. You don't have to explain that much. It's very hard when you photograph someone who's a fresh face and then you don't work with them again for six months. All these people I work with over and over again have qualities that I love. There's something very free about them or there are some slight imperfections about them. I think the more you work with someone, the pictures get better and better.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.

I won't work with people who won't give me the freedom to be me.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I wouldn't ask any of my employees to do anything I wouldn't do. And I work as hard, if not harder than the rest of the staff, to set an example. I also believe in giving my employees a lot of room to be creative and to express themselves.

At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else to do in their lives, and give them carte blanche.

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

Netflix is amazing 'cause they trust the creator to do their job, and they trust us to do our job. They're really smart and just let us do our thing and deliver a great job.

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

I prefer to find craftspeople I can be colleagues with and who take an area of responsibility and run with it.