Featured insights Article Strategy & the Fat Smoker By David Maister Much of what professional firms do in the name of strategic planning is a complete waste of time, no more effective than individuals making New Year’s resolutions. The reasons are the same in both situations. Personally and professionally, we already know what we should do: lose weight, give up smoking, exercise more. In business, strategic plans are also stuffed with familiar goals: build client relationships, act like […] Article Managing Your Mission-Critical Knowledge Article Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration Article Rapid-Fire Fulfillment Article Learning to Lead at Toyota Bob Parsons: “Anything that is measured and watched, improves” Jack Welch: “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” Pat Summitt: “Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Bob Parsons: “Anything that is measured and watched, improves” Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Steve Jobs: “Innovation is saying no to a thousand things” Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Pat Summitt: “Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before” Bill Gates: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Dave Waters: “Deep learning will revolutionize supply chain automation” Jeff Bezos: “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do is in harmony” Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Buddha: “The mind is everything. What you think you become” Marissa Mayer: “Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter” Stephen Hawking: “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change” George Halas: “Nobody who ever gave his best, regretted it” Bill Gates: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Theo Gold: “You cannot become stronger without resistance” Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Dave Waters: “Deep learning will revolutionize supply chain automation” Bill Gates: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve” Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Marissa Mayer: “Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter” Steve Jobs: “Innovation is saying no to a thousand things” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Robert Collier: “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” Sam Walton: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary” Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Planning is everything. the plan is nothing” Socrates: “The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” We use cookies to help create a brilliant online experience. By continuing to use our website you accept that cookies may be stored on your device. It's standard stuff, but if you'd like to know more click Cookie Settings.I ACCEPTClose
