This I Believe is an international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. More than 90,000 of these essays, written by people from all walks of life, are archived here on our website, heard on public radio, chronicled through our books, and featured in weekly podcasts. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
A past exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City.
Museum visitors not only were they able to view the vast collection of the replica cups, they also had the opportunity to become owners. They were be asked to complete and sign a Deed that asks prospective owners to consider why they want the work of art, and consider why and how they value the Cup. The Deed committed them to care for a Cup forever.
"I tried my best. I planted your seed with the best soil I could find, I kept it moist and watched it every day. When the seed didn't grow I repotted it in new soil, and I even repotted it again. But it just didn't grow. I'm sorry."
Margaret J. Wheatley is a writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory, leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to self-organize. Her work is often compared to that of Donella Meadows and Dee Hock.
