Never Set Out To Be The Best.

I Describe Management As Arts, Crafts And Science. It Is A Practice That Draws On Arts, Craft And Science And There Is A Lot Of Craft - Meaning Experience - There Is A Certain Amount Of Craft Meaning Insight, Creativity And Vision, And There Is The Use Of Science, Technique Or Analysis.

An Obsession With Control Generally Seems To Reflect A Fear Of Uncertainty.

Anecdotal Data Is Not Incidental To Theory Development At All, But An Essential Part Of It.

Strategy-making Is An Immensely Complex Process Involving The Most Sophisticated, Subtle, And At Times Subconscious Of Human Cognitive And Social Processes.

What I Have Against M.b.a.s Is The Assumption That You Come Out Of A Two-year Program Probably Never Having Been A Manager - At Least For Full-time Younger People M.b.a. Programs - And Assume You Are Ready To Manage.