Learning Is Not Doing; It Is Reflecting

Technologies Tend To Undermine Community And Encourage Individualism.

Organizational Effectiveness Does Not Lie In That Narrow Minded Concept Called Rationality. It Lies In The Blend Of Clearheaded Logic And Powerful Intuition

Organizations Should Be Built And Managers Should Be Functioning So People Can Be Naturally Empowered. If Someone's Doing Their Job, If Someone's Working In One Of Your Warehouses, Say, They Should Know Their Job Better Than Anybody. They Don't Need To Be 'empowered,' But Encouraged And Left Alone To Be Able To Do What They Know Best.

Strategic Planning Is Not Strategic Thinking. Indeed, Strategic Planning Often Spoils Strategic Thinking, Causing Managers To Confuse Real Vision With The Manipulation Of Numbers.

The Great Myth Is The Manager As Orchestra Conductor. It's This Idea Of Standing On A Pedestal And You Wave Your Baton And Accounting Comes In, And You Wave It Somewhere Else And Marketing Chimes In With Accounting, And They All Sound Very Glorious. But Management Is More Like Orchestra Conducting During Rehearsals, When Everything Is Going Wrong.