"Dee Hock's genius and vision has made it possible for organizations of all types and sizes to re-envision themselves in new ways. One From Many encompasses quantum physics, chaos theory, cellular biology, the butterfly effect, the natural world, and common sense. One From Many is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the organization of the future."
-Michael Toms, Founding President and Executive Producer/Host, New Dimensions Radio

"Dee Hock's work has become required reading for academic medicine. Once it is clear that improving patient care is the only purpose that matters, smart people begin to act smart again. Talent that had been paralyzed by dysfunctional systems becomes unleashed and is available to do the work of medicine and teaching."
-David C. Leach, M.D., Executive Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

"Hock is a gentle giant who successfully challenged traditional management and organization of a global industry. His 'new way of thinking' ideas can change the way all of us approach our own lives and institutional structures."
-Linda Golodner, President, National Consumers League

"Dee Hock describes a new organizational culture that might well spell the difference between a smooth, orderly transition to a more salubrious, sustainable society and the chaos and anarchy some see in our near-term future."
-Willis Harman, Founder, World Business Academy and former President, Institute of Noetic Sciences

"I highly recommend this book. There is no simpler way of learning the principles of chaordic organizations than from their inventor, Dee Hock, and there may be no more rewarding endeavor than to find out what it means to your own organizational dreams and visions."
-Karl-Henrik Robert, M.D., Founder, The Natural Steps International

"This book is a rarity! The ideas and experience in One From Many changed the way the world works. Read it at the risk of ending complacency and inaction. Buy a case now and save the trouble of replacing it each time you feel compelled to give your copy to someone who cares about making a difference."
-Greg Steltenpohl, Founder, Odwalla, Inc.

"Nothing is more important in today's world than for humanity to understand itself as a living system and move forward into the cooperative chaordic age Dee Hock both pioneered and interprets for us so eloquently. Read this fascinating book and take action!"
-Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D., evolution biologist and futurist; author of EarthDance

"Dee Hock did what most senior executives would consider total madness. He gave up the illusion of control in order to allow a great organization to be born. And then he had the audacity to describe his adventure in frank detail."
-Harrison Owen, creator of Open Space Technology

"Hock describes the context and chaordic processes present in the creative forces of nature that similarly apply to humankind's efforts to reach our fullest potential. In no discipline will application of this vision be more critical for achieving the interconnectivity, decision support, and transformational clinical integration needed for the 21st century than in health care. Read this book!"
-Jack Lewin, M.D., CEO, California Medical Association and Chairman, Patient Safety Institute

"The leaders of today's most outstanding schools understand that topdown leadership does not create the kind of collaborative learning teams that every school needs. Hock's seminal book should be read by everyone who wishes to create environments in which all students and teachers are successful."
-Dee Dickinson, Chief Learning Officer and Founder, New Horizons for Learning

"True brilliance is simplicity. Dee Hock understands like no one else how seemingly mundane elements like bylaws, organizing principles, and charters allow the most complex behaviors to occur in harmony. When the core is well conceived and pure, then incredible, productive activity will surround it."
-Luther Nussbaum, CEO, First Consulting Group

"One From Many is quite simply the most important organizational leadership book of this century. If we manage to survive this century with the Earth's ecosystems, climate, water, biodiversity, and societies intact, it will be in no small part due to the rapid adoption of the vital ideas in this book."
-Molly Harriss Olson, Founder, National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development (Australia) and Founding CEO, President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development

"This is one of the most important books you will read in this decade. It will widen your periphery and cause you to think about how you can, and must, risk your significance."
-Dawna Markova, Ph.D., author of I Will Not Die an Unlived Life and The SMART Parents Revolution, and co-editor, Random Acts of Kindness

"Dee Hock is a remarkable business pioneer and a social science genius. His principles are simple and straightforward and cause the reader to view complex interpersonal dealings in a whole new light that can produce tangible and often previously unexpected results."
-Jack A. Newman, Jr., Executive Vice President, Cerner Corporation

"The relevance of Dee Hock's concepts of organizational development increases with each passing month, specifically for those who have leadership responsibilities that require dealing productively with complexity, diversity, and change. His chaordic concepts of organization have had immeasurable importance to my work in organizational governance, as a CEO, as an organizational consultant, and as a university instructor. Having the insight and tools to bring unity and a sense of oneness into the workplace and into daily practice is nothing short of mandatory."
-Richard Raymond, CEO, First Gate Energies

"Dee Hock's work represents a cornerstone in the evolution of the art of leadership and management. If you want to discover what the System is, but you want also to transform it for the benefit of all, this book is a must."
-Oscar Motomura, Founder and CEO, The Amana-Key Group, São Paulo, Brazil

"[Visa founder Dee Hock] tells the story of the conversion of a lossmaking activity into one of the fastest-growing, most successful commercial enterprises of today. Its corporate structure and rules are revolutionary. And not only is it successful and huge, it is also quite safe from barbarians, both outside and inside the gate. Anyone needing a blueprint for the successful company of the future should read this book."
-Arie de Geus, author of The Living Company

"Read One From Many carefully! It's full of unique, intriguing, new ideas that will change the way you think about organizations and behave within them."
-Craig A. Pendleton, Coordinating Director, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance

"Global organizations, like the U.S. intelligence community, are facing the classic centralize/decentralize dilemma where the trade-offs are too costly in terms of human life. It's time for a third approach and Dee Hock is the one (and maybe only) individual on the planet who has some worthy insights."
-Verne Harnish, Founder, Young Entrepreneurs' Organization, and author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits

"Dee Hock's insights and experiences provide us with the inspiration and the tools to develop organizations that are inclusive, just, and profitable."
-Jane L. Delgado, Ph.D., MS, President and CEO, National Alliance for Hispanic Health

"Organizations often suck the life out of people by treating them as expendable components of production. By contrast, Dee Hock has pioneered a new type of organization that not only breathes life into people, but provides them with a platform to realize their full potential. This kind of organization, with a fully engaged work force, could literally change the world."
-Dennis Whittle, Founder and CEO, Global Giving

". . . a story of organizational growth on a global scale, from which we can all learn a great deal. Dee Hock, a foresighted entrepreneur of institutional renewal, has extracted a fundamental story that others can follow to shape the new, value-creating commons."
-Leif Edvinsson, Director of Intellectual Capital, Lund University, Sweden