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Penguins are strange, funny creatures. Their legs somehow too short for comfort, they don’t walk as much as totter, their whole body falling sideways onto one foot and then sideways again on the other, their wings sometimes gesticulating to maintain balance. We could be forgiven for wondering how evolution produced such clumsy animals. But when pen
... See moreFrederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
The first thing you see when you come to the parking lot is our friendly parking penguins.
Jesse Cole • Fans First

Beware the penguinisation
I am an attractive penguin , you tell yourself.
Noble beak, upright stance, sexy streaks of yellow on your flanks. The lovable face and wriggly walk you can build a Hollywood franchise on. Who doesn’t love a penguin?
Zoom out and every penguin to the horizon is exactly the same. That’s how businesses look in the marketplace.
... See moreIan Whitworth • The Great Same-Ening
How Evolution Invented Faith: The Patience of the Penguin and the Art of Withstanding Abandonment
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
Then one day I got it. What I really wanted in the organization was a group of responsible, interdependent workers, similar to a flock of geese, like in the figure above. I could see the geese flying in their “V” formation, the leadership changing frequently, with different geese taking the lead. I saw every goose being responsible for getting itse
... See moreJames A. Belasco • Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead
nature, when a penguin is injured, the other penguins group around it and prop it up until it’s better.
Matthew Perry • Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: 'A candid, darkly funny book' New York Times
