We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes than…

- Russell L. Ackoff

No problem stays solved in a dynamic environment.

- Russell L. Ackoff

The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger than the wrong thing rig…

- Russell L. Ackoff

Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing…

- Russell L. Ackoff

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.

- Russell L. Ackoff

Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than becau…

- Russell L. Ackoff

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

- Russell L. Ackoff

A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scientist can …

- Russell L. Ackoff

Managers who don't know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure.

- Russell L. Ackoff