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Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 325

The probability of a rare event is most likely to be overestimated when the alternative is not fully specified.


Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 325

A good chief executive keeps the broader picture in mind when everyone else is focusing on the details.


Pour Your Heart Into It, Page 325

A decision to cut costs or raise efficiency will add value only if it is consistent with the overall long-term goals the company is trying to achieve.


Management, Page 325

The capacity of the computer to spew out huge masses of data does not make for better controls.


Management, Page 325

That we can quantify something is no reason for measuring it.


Lean Thinking, Page 326

It really is possible to continue improvements indefinitely for the same value stream.


Lean Thinking, Page 326

Old conflicts will always give way to new in any organization as long as it is growing or faces resource constraints.


Lean Thinking, Page 326

A value creation system must be flexible and responsive because forecasts are always wrong.


Influence, Page 327

The evidence is clear: the more effort that goes into a commitment, the greater its ability to influence the attitudes and actions of the person who made it.


Sooner Safer Happier, Page 327

…in order to survive and thrive, organizations need to have competence in the new means of production and new ways of working.