Quotes

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 407

The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time.

Management, Page 409

…multiproduct, multitechnology, and multinational companies of today do have to concern themselves, in their organizational design and structure, with organization according to the flow of information.

Influence, Page 409

Throughout human history, shared pain has been a bonding agent, fusing identities into ‘we’-based attachments.

Management, Page 410

…organization structure will not just evolve. The only things that develop spontaneously in an organization are disorder, friction, and malperformance.

Management, Page 410

Organization design and structure require thinking, analysis, and a systematic approach.

Management, Page 410

Organization is unique to each individual business or institution… structure, to be effective, must follow strategy.

Influence, Page 410

The sheer strength of mutual suffering to produce unity and self-sacrifice can be seen in its ability to forge bonds across ethnic groups.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 411

…without strong and continuing support from the top, no genuine culture change can be sustained.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 411

More often than not, great leaders – those who build organizations with sustained high performance – do so through cultures of partnership.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 411

…the libertarian approach to public policy: do not interfere with the individual’s right to choose, unless the choices harm others.