Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1909 Death: November 11, 2005
Don't solve problems. Pursue opportunities..
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn..
As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all..
The rule should be to minimize the need for people to get together to accomplish anything..
You cannot predict the future, but you can create it..
The company is not and must never claim to be home, family, religion, life or fate for the individual. It must never interfere in his private life or….
Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on a….
We no longer even understand the question whether change is by itself good or bad, ...We start out with the axiom that it is the norm. We do not see ….
Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that….
Free enterprise cannot be justified as being good for business. It can be justified only as being good for society..
It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right..
Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise..
Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut..
Organizations are no longer built on force, but on trust..
Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao..
Every success creates new opportunities. So does every failure..
An organization which just perpetuates today's level of vision, excellence, and accomplishment has lost the capacity to adapt..
Our society has become an employee society..
The concept of profit maximization is, in fact, meaningless..
In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than revolut….
You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military training,….