PREDICTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE WOULD REQUIRE THE ABILITY TO KNOW BOTH WHAT CHANGES COULD BE EXPECTED AND WHEN THEY WOULD OCCUR. Peter Drucker, Age of Discontinuity, 1969
ENTREPRENEURISM MEANS BEING INNOVATIVE AND RISK-TAKING Harold Geneen, Managing, 1985
EVERY PRODUCT OFFERING HAS BECOME EVER-CHANGING , HAS GONE ‘FASHION’ --- FASHION DEMANDS CONTINUOUS INNOVATION Tom Peters, Liberation Management, 1992
A WORRISOME ATTITUDE HAS TAKEN OVER YOUNG BUSINESSMEN: ‘I WANT A LOT AND I WANT IT NOW’ ….. GET AWAY FROM THIS FASTBUCK MENTALITY AND START THINKING ABOUT THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU, IN ORDER TO PROSPER.
Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988
KNOWLEDGE IS THE MAIN COST, MAIN INVESTMENT, AND MAIN PRODUCT OF THE ADVANCED ECONOMY; KNOWLEDGE IS THE FOUNDATION AND MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND ECONOMIC POWER. Peter Drucker, Age of Discontinuity, 1969
THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN IS TO GO OUT THERE AND GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY
Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988
THERE IS NO END TO LEARNING… DO NOT BE ARROGANT BY ASSUMING YOU KNOW IT ALL. Jack Welch, Jack Welch and the GE Way, 1999
WISDOM IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE POSSESSION OF (TOP) MANAGEMENT Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986
PUT THE BEST PEOPLE ON THE BRIGHTEST OPPORTUNITIES AND THE BEST ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN THE RIGHT PLACES ….. AND THEN GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Jack Welch, Jack Welch and the GE Way, 1999
SONY PRINCIPLE: RESPECT AND ENCOURAGE ONE’S ABILITY, BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, BELIEVE IN THEIR ABILITIES, AND GIVE THEM ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986
YOU CAN BE TOTALLY RATIONAL WITH A MACHINE; BUT IF YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE, SOMETIMES LOGIC HAS TO TAKE A BACKSEAT TO UNDERSTANDING Akio Morita, Made in Japan, 1986
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BOW DOWN TO PRESSURE, OR YOU WILL BE TOO PARALYZED TO ACT. Lee Iacocca, Talking Straight, 1988
EMBRACE FAILURE TO DISCOVER SUCCESS Tom Peters, Liberation Management, 1992
RANK DOES NOT CONFER PRIVILEGE NOR DOES IT GIVE POWER --- RANK IMPOSES RESPONSIBILITY Alfred Sloan, General Motors