This book should be the starting point for anyone interested in the implications of complexity theory and leadership. Wheatley starts with the physical sciences as a starting point and then applies lessons learned in modern physics to lessons we can learn in modern organizations. Social science research including management "science" have sought the holy grail of objectivity and rationalism that we all thought that the physical and biological sciences were based on. Wheatley reveals to the lay person that our assumptions about hard science were not correct and helps to build a new foundation for leadership scholarship based on the complexity that permeates all scientific inquiry.