The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
Peter DruckerRead
In todays economy, the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge
Interpretation
Knowledge is the key resource in today's economy.
In a modern economy that is increasingly driven by information and technology, the quote emphasizes that knowledge has become the most vital resource, surpassing traditional factors like labor, capital, and land. This shift highlights the importance of information, skills, and education in creating value and driving progress in today's world.
In practice
In a seminar on economic trends, you can start by quoting Drucker to emphasize the importance of knowledge.
The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.
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.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of the bookstore - is that no algorithm will ever understand readers the way that other readers can understand readers.
Meditation means you start changing your inner world. You start removing dust from the inner world, you start removing all that is unnecessary in the inner world. You remove all that clutter, all the rubbish you are full of. Meditation means emptying yourself of all that the society has put inside you so that you can have a clean, clear vision, so that you can have a mirror-like quality.
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.
Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs.
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