Quotes

Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, Page 068

You can’t always wait for the business world to develop a clear new pattern – smart adaptation means not waiting to change until you have no other choice.

Team of Teams, Page 068

Attempts to control complex systems by using the kind of mechanical, predestinationist thinking… breaking everything down into component parts, or optimizing individual elements, tend to be pointless at best or destructive at worst.

Traction, Page 68

Remember, less is always more. Most companies make the mistake of trying to accomplish too many objectives per year.

Management, Page 068

In a situation of common peril – and every institution is likely to encounter it sooner or later – the survival of all depends on clear command.

Why Managers Matter, Page 068

Embracing a new idea just because your competitors have adopted it can be a recipe for disaster.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Page 68

Intentionally withholding information is the opposite of adding value. We are deleting value. Yet it has the same purpose: To gain power.

What if it Does Work Out?, Page 068

It’s not about time; it’s about priorities. We all have 24 hours in a day.

Accelerate, Page 68

…hierarchy… begins to quietly yet systematically kill off the network side of an organization.

Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Page 68

Rather than avoiding a feeling, your goal should be to move toward the emotion, into it, and eventually through it.

Getting Things Done, Page 68

…if you don’t really know when you’ve met your purpose or when you’re off track, you don’t have a viable directive.