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Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more get along without theories than libraries can get along without catalogs and for the same reason: theories help us make sense of incoming information.

Henry Mintzberg's Popular Quotes

The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is n…

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Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

- Henry Mintzberg

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

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Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources

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A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he…

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Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions

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Strategies grow initially like weeds in a garden, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.

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When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

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Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.

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