Quotes

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 402

Any aspect of life to which attention is directed will loom large in a global evaluation.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 402

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

Management, Page 402

Innovation can never be risk free. But if innovation is based on exploiting what has already happened… it is far less risky than not to innovate by exploiting these opportunities.

Management, Page 402

Innovation is not ‘flash of genius.’ It is hard work. And this work should be organized as a regular part of every unit within the enterprise, and of every level of management.

Management, Page 402

…one cannot market research the truly new. Also nothing new is right the first time. Invariably, problems crop up that nobody even thought of.

Management, Page 403

Neither studies nor market research nor compute remodeling are a substitute for the test of reality. Everything improved or new needs, therefore, first to be tested on a small scale, that is, it needs to be piloted.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 405

…strong values – an inspiring purpose coupled with genuine cohesiveness as partners – generates a resilience that is immeasurably important as an organization’s conditions change.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 405

Adaptation to a new situation, whether good or bad, consists in large part of thinking less and less about it.

Management, Page 405

There is no one right or universal [organization] design; each enterprise needs to design around the key activities appropriate to its mission and its strategies.

Management, Page 405

The best structure will not guarantee results and performance, but the wrong structure is a guarantee of nonperformance. All it produces are friction and frustration.