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My argument is that companies are often blind, and that it is a genetic problem, making blinders a bigger challenge than mere inefficiency. Blindness can even affect an entire industry because most companies in an industry are blind in the same way.
Interview, Strategy + Business (1997)
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.
Competitive battles are Niche Inc. v. Niche Inc., not Master Inc. v. Master Inc.
Liberation Management (1992)
If an organization is to work effectively, the communication should be through the most effective channel regardless of the organization chart.
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (1988)
The average employee can deliver far more than his or her current job demands and far more than the terms 'employee empowerment,' 'participative management,' and 'multiple skills' imply.
The essence of strategy is not the structure of a company's products and markets, but the dynamics of its behavior.
Liberation Management (1992)
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex � your network � instead.
Economist (1996)
Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.
The common wisdom is that... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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