Quotes

Primal Leadership, Page 209

Be the change you want to see.

Getting Things Done, Page 209

…one of the best reasons for having very clean edges to your personal management system: it makes it easy to continue productive activity when you’re not in top form.

The Badass Business Analyst, Page 209

It is vitally important as a Badass Business Analyst to influence in your role. The sad truth is very few Business Analysis roles have authority.

Management, Page 209

The only true competitive advantage for a company or a nation will increasingly be the productivity of its knowledge workers. This will have a future impact on the governance of the corporation.

The Element, Page 209

…often the differences between professionals and amateurs have less to do with quality than with choice.

Average is Over, Page 209

The ability to ‘go it alone’ is conducive to rapid innovation and innovation by amateurs. Lone individuals and small groups can make major contributions…

The Element, Page 210

Amateurs dow hat they do because they have a passion for it, not because it pays the bills.

Influencer, Page 210

Since you’re on the wrong side of your eyeballs, you can’t always see exactly what it is that you’re doing that works or doesn’t work.

Quiet Leadership, Page 210

Letting people come up with their own insights when things haven’t gone well is more comfortable for everyone, and is more likely to deliver the outcome everyone wants: learning and behavior change for next time.

Average is Over, Page 210

As scientific progress makes lone contributions harder to sustain, machine intelligence may be creating new possibilities for the amateur and for the nonconformist.